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NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1NIST
Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
The most detailed operational guide for building an IT recovery plan. Seven steps, a crisp plan taxonomy (BCP, COOP, DRP, cyber incident response plan, crisis communications plan, occupant emergency plan), and complete templates in the annexes.
Official textWho it applies to
- DR teams
- Infrastructure architects
- Technical plan writers
Structuring points
- The system BIA is the hinge between business objectives and technical architecture
- The plan taxonomy prevents confusion between DRP, BCP and incident response plan
- Site strategies — cold, warm, hot, mirrored — remain the standard lens
- The plan must be tested, trained and maintained: three distinct obligations
Information systems — originally US federal, but adopted worldwide by industry.