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contingency plan

Definition(s):

  Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a perceived loss of mission capability. The Contingency Plan is the first plan used by the enterprise risk managers to determine what happened, why, and what to do. It may point to the continuity of operations plan (COOP) or disaster recovery plan (DRP) for major disruptions.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015

  A plan that is maintained for disaster response, backup operations, and post-disaster recovery to ensure the availability of critical resources and to facilitate the continuity of operations in an emergency situation.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded] under Contingency plan
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Contingency plan
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded] under Contingency plan