Contingency plans are used to establish how information systems will continue to operate in the event of a catastrophic failure of the system or associated components. Without a clear contingency plan, the enterprise will not be prepared to recover from a catastrophic system failure, and information systems may remain unavailable for a prolonged period of time.

This Contingency Planning Policy Template includes the following sections:

• Default policy statements that define what the enterprise must do.
• Default procedures that define how the enterprise must do it.
• Baseline recommendations to customize the template to individual enterprise requirements.

Use this and the related templates to build an efficient and effective enterprise Security Policy.