CCI-000525

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

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed documents and gains approval for alternate telecommunications service agreements that permit the resumption of telecommunications services for business functions IAW DoDI 8100.04. DoD has defined the time period as 1 hour (Availability High ) 12 hours (Availability Moderate) as defined in the contingency plan.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines the approved alternate telecommunications service agreements to ensure they permit the resumption of telecommunications services for business functions IAW DoDI 8100.04. DoD has defined the time period as 1 hour (Availability High ) 12 hours (Availability Moderate) as defined in the contingency plan.

Compelling Evidence

1.) SLA for alternate telecommunication systems

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000525.