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← NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
CP-7
Contingency Planning

Alternate Processing Site

Description

a. Establish an alternate processing site, including necessary agreements to permit the transfer and resumption of [organization-defined parameter] for essential mission and business functions within [organization-defined parameter] when the primary processing capabilities are unavailable; b. Make available at the alternate processing site, the equipment and supplies required to transfer and resume operations or put contracts in place to support delivery to the site within the organization-defined time period for transfer and resumption; and c. Provide controls at the alternate processing site that are equivalent to those at the primary site.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

2 techniques

  • EX-0017Kinetic Physical AttackST0004
    addresses
    moderate

    CP-7 (Alternate Processing Site) addresses ground-side resilience to kinetic attack on supporting infrastructure.

  • IMP-0002DisruptionST0009
    addresses
    moderate

    CP-7 (Alternate Processing Site) addresses ground-side resilience to disruption.

Cross-framework references

Relationships published by the source frameworks themselves, reproduced here with attribution. They are not SafeMode Space mappings and carry no confidence rating of ours.

Referenced by 1 in NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

Cite as SafeMode Space, nist-80053-rev5 CP-7.

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.