Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Marianne Swanson, Amy D. Wohl, Lucinda Pope, Tim Grance, Joan Hash, Thomas, Ray · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 2002
NIST Special Publication 800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology (IT) Systems provides instructions, recommendations, and considerations for government IT contingency planning. Contingency planning refers to interim measures to recover IT services following an emergency of System disruption. Interim measures may include the relocation of IT systems sod operators to an alternate site, the recovery of IT functions using alternate equipment, or the performance of IT functions using manual methods.