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CP-4(1)

CP-4(1): Coordinate with Related Plans

The organization coordinates contingency plan testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.

Supplemental

Plans related to contingency plans for organizational information systems include, for example, Business Continuity Plans, Disaster Recovery Plans, Continuity of Operations Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Critical Infrastructure Plans, Cyber Incident Response Plans, and Occupant Emergency Plans. This control enhancement does not require organizations to create organizational elements to handle related plans or to align such elements with specific plans. It does require, however, that if such organizational elements are responsible for related plans, organizations should coordinate with those elements.

CIA Levels
Confidentiality	unknown
Integrity	unknown
Availability	high

Overlays
None

CSF Categories
None

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CP-4(1).

Control	Description
IR-8	The organization: a: Develops an incident response plan that: 1: Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability; 2: Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability; 3: Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization; 4: Meets the unique requirements of the organization, which relate to mission, size, structure, and functions; 5: Defines reportable incidents; 6: Provides metrics for measuring the incident response capability within the organization; 7: Defines the resources and management support needed to effectively maintain and mature an incident response capability; and 8: Is reviewed and approved by [organization-defined personnel or roles]; b: Distributes copies of the incident response plan to [organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements]; c: Reviews the incident response plan [organization-defined frequency]; d: Updates the incident response plan to address system/organizational changes or problems encountered during plan implementation, execution, or testing; e: Communicates incident response plan changes to [organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements]; and f: Protects the incident response plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.
PM-8	The organization addresses information security issues in the development, documentation, and updating of a critical infrastructure and key resources protection plan.

Control

Description

IR-8

The organization:

a: Develops an incident response plan that:
- 1: Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability;
- 2: Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability;
- 3: Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization;
- 4: Meets the unique requirements of the organization, which relate to mission, size, structure, and functions;
- 5: Defines reportable incidents;
- 6: Provides metrics for measuring the incident response capability within the organization;
- 7: Defines the resources and management support needed to effectively maintain and mature an incident response capability; and
- 8: Is reviewed and approved by [organization-defined personnel or roles];

b: Distributes copies of the incident response plan to [organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements];

c: Reviews the incident response plan [organization-defined frequency];

d: Updates the incident response plan to address system/organizational changes or problems encountered during plan implementation, execution, or testing;

e: Communicates incident response plan changes to [organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements]; and

f: Protects the incident response plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

PM-8

The organization addresses information security issues in the development, documentation, and updating of a critical infrastructure and key resources protection plan.

Enhancements

The controls below (if any) add on to the requirements of CP-4(1).

Control	Description
No controls

Related CCIs

The CCIs below are tied to CP-4(1).

CCI	Definition
CCI-000498	Coordinate contingency plan testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.