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Contingency Planning (CP)

The Contingency Planning family has 12 active controls in SP 800-53 release 5.2.0. “Yes” marks membership in the SP 800-53B baselines.

ControlTitleLowModerateHighPrivacy
CP-1Policy and ProceduresYesYesYes
CP-2Contingency PlanYesYesYes
CP-3Contingency TrainingYesYesYes
CP-4Contingency Plan TestingYesYesYes
CP-6Alternate Storage SiteYesYes
CP-7Alternate Processing SiteYesYes
CP-8Telecommunications ServicesYesYes
CP-9System BackupYesYesYes
CP-10System Recovery and ReconstitutionYesYesYes
CP-11Alternate Communications Protocols
CP-12Safe Mode
CP-13Alternative Security Mechanisms

Withdrawn controls: CP-5.

Independent guidance, not an official NIST publication. Control text is from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53A (public domain). Original content is licensed CC BY 4.0; program templates and the downloadable kit are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.