The Contingency Planning Policy

At its essence, a Contingency Planning Policy is the heartbeat of organizational resilience. It encapsulates a systematic approach to identifying potential risks, crafting response strategies, and ensuring business continuity in the face of adversity.

The Contingency Planning Policy document establishes the activities that must be carried out by each Business Unit, Technology Unit, and Corporate Unit (departments) within the organization.

All departments must utilize this methodology to identify risks and threats to the business and implement measures to eliminate or reduce those potential risks.

Business Resumption and Disaster Recovery (Technical Recovery) Plans are necessary for the company. Documenting recovery plans, critical business processes, and the resources required to continue and/or resume those processes are identified.

Planning assures the contingency of the business or technology unit, operations, and overall company operations. It assures the timely and orderly restoration of business processes if the existing business environment is unavailable.  Regardless of the Recovery Time Objective of the business or technology component, all plans must be documented.  

Contingency Planning Policy Table of Contents

TERMINOLOGY
ACCOUNTABILITY
COMPLIANCE
REVISION HISTORY
ENDORSEMENT

I.  POLICY OVERVIEW

A. Purpose
B. Scope
C. Ownership Roles & Responsibilities

II. PLANNING REQUIREMENTS

A.  Plan Documentation
B.  Plan Strategy
C.  Alternate Recovery Locations
D. Plan Testing (Exercises)
E. Plan Revision (Maintenance)
F.  Plan Auditing (Reviews)
G.  Plan Distribution
H.  Plan Certification

APPENDIX

Appendix A – Business Resumption Planning Standard
Appendix B – Disaster Recovery Planning Standard (All Technology Plans)