Hot Site
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Oct 6, 2026
Backup site that includes phone systems with the phone lines already connected. Networks will also be in place, with any necessary routers and switches plugged in and turned on. Desks will have desktop PCs installed and waiting, and server areas will be replete with the necessary hardware to support business-critical functions. Within a few hours, a hot site can become a fully functioning element of an organization.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
A fully operational offsite data processing facility equipped with hardware and software, to be used in the event of an information system disruption.
Classifications
Entity Type
Facility100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)
Sensitivity
Regulated78%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- Hot Sites
- possessive
- Hot Site's
- pluralpossessive
- Hot Sites'