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Recovery site

nounid 3789·updated May 9, 2026
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An alternate location for processing information (and possibly conducting business) in an emergency. Usually distinguished as "hot" sites that are fully configured centers with compatible computer equipment and "cold" sites that are operational computer centers without the computer equipment.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Physical85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Internal70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Recovery sites
possessive
Recovery site's
pluralpossessive
Recovery sites'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
An alternate location for processing information (and possibly conducting business) in an emergency. Usually distinguished as "hot" sites that are fully configured centers with compatible computer equipment and "cold" sites that are operational computer centers without the computer equipment.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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