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Warm site

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Backup site which typically contains the data links and preconfigured equipment necessary to rapidly start operations, but does not contain live data. Thus commencing operations at a warm site will (at a minimum) require the restoration of current data.

polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Similar to a hot site but not fully equipped with all of the necessary hardware needed for recovery

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

An environmentally conditioned workspace that is partially equipped with information systems and telecommunications equipment to support relocated operations in the event of a significant disruption.

Classifications

Entity Type

Physical0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Internal75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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Warm sites
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Warm site's
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Warm sites'