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TITLE: Contingency Planning compliance template
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SUMMARY: Contingency Planning Excel-based smart compliance template (RCM/ICQ/SAQ) – NIST 800-53
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KEYWORDS: Contingency Planning compliance template
SOURCE URL: https://grcplaybook.com/contingency-planning
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
  * Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

#### Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

# CONTINGENCY PLANNING

P: The CONTINGENCY PLANNING Playbook addresses the following areas:

LIST: UL with 12 items

  - Policy and Procedures

  - Contingency Plan

  - Contingency Training

  - Contingency Plan Testing

  - Alternate Storage Site

  - Alternate Processing Site

  - Telecommunications Services

  - System Backup

  - Separate Storage for Critical Information

  - Alternate Communications Protocols

  - Safe Mode

  - Alternative Security Mechanisms

P: The CONTINGENCY PLANNING Playbook is included in the Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (NIST 80-53) Library which has been developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce's  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  It establishes controls for systems and organizations. The controls can be implemented within any organization or system that processes, stores, or transmits information.

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