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recovery plan

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The written expression of a recovery process which consists of defining rules, processes, and disciplines to ensure that the critical business processes will continue to function if there is a failure of one or more of the information processing or telecommunications resources upon which their operations depends. The following are key elements to a disaster recovery plan: 1) Establish a planning group, 2) Perform risk assessment and audits, 3) Establish priorities for applications and networks, 4) Develop recovery strategies, 5) Prepare inventory and documentation of the plan, 6) Develop verification criteria and procedures, 5) Implement the plan.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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The written expression of a recovery process which consists of defining rules, processes, and disciplines to ensure that the critical business processes will continue to function if there is a failure of one or more of the information processing or telecommunications resources upon which their operations depends. The following are key elements to a disaster recovery plan: 1) Establish a planning group, 2) Perform risk assessment and audits, 3) Establish priorities for applications and networks, 4) Develop recovery strategies, 5) Prepare inventory and documentation of the plan, 6) Develop verification criteria and procedures, 5) Implement the plan.
NERC CIP-004-6 (Personnel & Training) v61 senseview framework →
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The written expression of a recovery process which consists of defining rules, processes, and disciplines to ensure that the critical business processes will continue to function if there is a failure of one or more of the information processing or telecommunications resources upon which their operations depends. The following are key elements to a disaster recovery plan: 1) Establish a planning group, 2) Perform risk assessment and audits, 3) Establish priorities for applications and networks, 4) Develop recovery strategies, 5) Prepare inventory and documentation of the plan, 6) Develop verification criteria and procedures, 5) Implement the plan.