Contingency Plan

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Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a perceived loss of mission capability. The Contingency Plan is the first plan used by the enterprise risk managers to determine what happened, why, and what to do. It may point to the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) or Disaster Recovery Plan for major disruptions.

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This record contains management policies and procedures for emergency response, backup procedures, and post disaster recovery designed to maintain or restore business operations, including computer operations, possibly at an alternate location, in the event of emergencies, system failures, or disaster.

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synonym: exit management plan
plural: Contingency Plans
possessive: Contingency Plan's
pluralpossessive: Contingency Plans'

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