164.308(a)(7)(ii)(C) Emergency Mode Operation Plan (Required)
Establish procedures to enable continuation of critical processes and security of ePHI during emergency mode. NIST recommends documented manual workflows preserving access controls.
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
0
at each review
moderate
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Audit logging during degraded mode · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Emergency mode procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Manual workflow documentation · Document repository
- Emergency access controls · Document repository
First move
Start with the 1 of 4 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Emergency procedures degrade access controls
- No logging during emergency operations
- Procedures not exercised
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.
Build my evidence sheet164.308(a)(7)(ii)(B) Disaster Recovery Plan (Required) · 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(D) Testing and Revision Procedures (Addressable)