This requirement exists to verify that systems, applications, and data can be recovered within defined RTOs and RPOs and to ensure BCDR capabilities remain aligned with business needs, recovery objectives, and organizational risk.
Establish and document the process for verify that systems, applications, and data can be recovered within defined RTOs and RPOs. Define accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, criteria and thresholds, review frequency, exception handling, monitoring, reporting, and evidence requirements. Integrate the activity with risk management, incident response, technology operations, asset management, third-party management, and relevant business processes.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
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| CIS-V8 | CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 11 – Data Recovery: 11.5 – Test Data Recovery |
CIS
Best Practice
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| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.04 – Exercise, test and review the business continuity plan (BCP) 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.07 – Manage backup arrangements. |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 11(6)(a) – Annual testing of ICT business continuity and response/recovery plans Article 11(6)(b) – Testing of crisis communication plans Article 24(1) – Digital operational resilience testing programme |
EU
Regulation
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| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1)(b) – Confidentiality, integrity, availability and access resilience; Article 32(1)(c) – Timely restoration of availability and access; Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures |
EU
Regulation
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| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.308(a)(13) Standard: Contingency plan |
US
Law
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| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.13-3.3.3 – Testing of BCP |
India
Guideline
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| ISO22301 | ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.3.4 – Resource requirements; 8.3.5 – Implementation of solutions; 8.4.5 – Recovery |
ISO
Standard
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| ISO27002 | ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.30 – ICT readiness for business continuity |
ISO
Standard
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| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(c) – Business continuity, including backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management |
EU
Directive
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| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: ID.IM – Improvement | ID.IM-02 – Improvements are identified from security tests and exercises, including those done in coordination with suppliers and relevant third parties RC.RP – Incident Recovery Plan Execution | RC.RP-01 – The recovery portion of the incident response plan is executed once initiated from the incident response process RC.RP – Incident Recovery Plan Execution | RC.RP-02 – Recovery actions are selected, scoped, prioritized, and performed |
NIST
Framework
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| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.6 – CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CP-4 – CONTINGENCY PLAN TESTING, CP-3 – CONTINGENCY TRAINING |
NIST
Control Catalog
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| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Operational Review; Business Continuity Plan (BCP) |
India
Standard
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| PCI-DSS | PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.10.1 – An incident response plan exists and is; 12.10.5 – The security incident response plan; 12.10.6 – The security incident response plan is; 12.10.7 – Incident response procedures are in place, |
PCI
Standard
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| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.5 Resilience capabilities and coordinated testing across interconnected systems, vendors and partners; 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.6 Crisis communications, reputation management and capacity planning in resilience testing |
India
Regulation
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| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 6.1 RC.RP: Incident Recovery Plan Execution; 6.3 RC.IM: Improvements |
India
Regulation
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| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: A1.3 – Availability – The entity tests recovery plan procedures supporting system recovery to meet its objectives. CC9.1 – Risk Mitigation – The entity identifies, selects, and develops risk mitigation activities for risks arising from potential business disruptions. CC7.5 – System Operations – The entity identifies, develops, and implements activities to recover from identified security incidents. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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