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Hot Site

nounid 2738·updated May 12, 2026
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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.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Physical0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated78%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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

Variants

plural
Hot Sites
possessive
Hot Site's
pluralpossessive
Hot Sites'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
A fully operational offsite data processing facility equipped with hardware and software, to be used in the event of an information system disruption.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
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.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
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.
NIST SP 800-341 senseview framework →
§1
A fully operational offsite data processing facility equipped with hardware and software, to be used in the event of an information system disruption.

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.