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Disaster recovery plan

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by the enterprise risk managers and is used when the enterprise must recover (at its original facilities) from a loss of capability over a period of hours or days. See Continuity of Operations Plan and Contingency Plan.

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SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A Disaster Recovery Plan is the process of recovery of IT systems in the event of a disruption or disaster.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A set of human, physical, technical and procedural resources to recover, within a defined time and cost, an activity interrupted by an emergency or disaster
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
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A plan that describes the process to recover from major processing interruptions.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A plan that describes the process to recover from major processing interruptions.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
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A written plan for recovering one or more information systems at an alternate facility in response to a major hardware or software failure or destruction of facilities.
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Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by the enterprise risk managers and is used when the enterprise must recover (at its original facilities) from a loss of capability over a period of hours or days. See Continuity of Operations Plan and Contingency Plan.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by the enterprise risk managers and is used when the enterprise must recover (at its original facilities) from a loss of capability over a period of hours or days. See Continuity of Operations Plan and Contingency Plan.
NIST SP 800-341 senseview framework →
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A written plan for recovering one or more information systems at an alternate facility in response to a major hardware or software failure or destruction of facilities.