EvidenceSheet

CP-8 Telecommunications Services

Establish alternate telecommunications services with agreements to permit resumption of system operations.

5
artefacts
0
held by a system
3
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Annual tabletop and full failover test reports · Backup / DR tooling
  • Alternate processing site contract and capacity attestation · Vendor register / contract repository
  • Restoration test logs with success criteria signed off · Backup / DR tooling

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Control implementation statement for CP-8 citing the system mission and inheritance from common controls · Document repository
  • Business impact analysis identifying critical systems · Document repository

First move

This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.

Common gaps auditors find

Do this for your whole sheet

Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.

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CP-7(3) Alternate Processing Site | Priority of Service. Develop alternate processing site agreements that contain priority-of-service provisions in accordance with availability requirements (including recovery time objectives) · CP-8(1) Telecommunications Services | Priority of Service Provisions. (a) Develop primary and alternate telecommunications service agreements that contain priority-of-service provisions in accordance with availability requirements (including recovery time objectives); and (b) Request Telecommunications Service Priority