cp-8

telecommunications services

assessment objective:

Determine if the organization:

cp-8[1]

defines information system operations requiring alternate telecommunications services to be established to permit the resumption of such operations;

cp-8[2]

defines the time period to permit resumption of organization-defined information system operations for essential missions and business functions; and

cp-8[3]

establishes alternate telecommunications services including necessary agreements to permit the resumption of organization-defined information system operations for essential missions and business functions, within the organization-defined time period, when the primary telecommunications capabilities are unavailable at either the primary or alternate processing or storage sites.

potential assessment methods and objects:

Examine: [select from: Contingency planning policy; procedures addressing alternate telecommunications services; contingency plan; primary and alternate telecommunications service agreements;  other relevant documents or records].

Interview: [select from: Organizational personnel with contingency plan telecommunications responsibilities; organizational personnel with information system recovery responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with responsibility for acquisitions/contractual agreements].

Test: [SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting telecommunications].