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Contingency Plan

nounid 1992·updated May 9, 2026
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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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Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Restricted75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
exit management plan
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Contingency Plans
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Contingency Plan's
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Contingency Plans'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
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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.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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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.
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 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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