CP-7 Alternate processing site
Requires an alternate processing site with the agreements needed to transfer and resume defined system operations for essential functions within a defined period when the primary site is unavailable, with equipment and s
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
- Evidence equipment and supplies are in place or contracted for timely delivery · Document repository
- Assessment of control equivalence at the alternate site · Document repository
- Failover test record demonstrating resumption within the defined period · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Agreement for the alternate processing site with the transfer and resumption terms · Vendor register / contract repository
- Documented list of operations to be resumed and the required time period · 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
- Contracted capacity is best effort and not guaranteed when a regional event hits every customer at once
- Alternate site inherits the same single points of failure as the primary
- Resumption time never measured against the requirement
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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