Contingency Plan Test Plan template: The plan for one contingency plan test or exercise, tabletop or functional, with objectives, scenario, participants and evaluation, based on the sample exercise documentation in NIST SP 800-84.
The plan for one contingency plan test or exercise, tabletop or functional, with objectives, scenario, participants and evaluation, based on the sample exercise documentation in NIST SP 800-84.
The contingency plan is tested Fill in: frequency of testing the contingency plan for the system Typical: annually, using Fill in: tests for determining the effectiveness of the contingency plan Typical: a functional test that restores the system, or a representative part of it, from backup to determine its effectiveness and Fill in: tests for determining readiness to execute the contingency plan Typical: a tabletop exercise that walks the contingency team through the plan to determine readiness to execute it (CP-4a). This test is Fill in: which of those tests this is, and why it was chosen.
The evaluators record, for each objective, whether it was met and what they observed. The results, findings and recommendations go in the after-action report, and corrective actions are tracked to completion (CP-4b, CP-4c).
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.