FedRAMP Moderate
CP - Contingency Planning

FedRAMP Moderate CP-4: Contingency Plan Testing

Test contingency plan at least annually (FedRAMP) using FedRAMP-defined tests; review test results.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 30 controls across 24 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-BCM-04 Verification, updating and testing of the business continuity
  • C5-OPS-08 Data Backup and Recovery - Regular Testing
  • CFTC-SS-11 Testing and Review of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Capabilities
  • CFTC-SS-22 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Category

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 8.5 Exercise programme
  • 8.6 Evaluation of business continuity documentation and capabilities

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.29 Information security during disruption
  • 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity
  • ANSSI-HYG-37 Define and Apply a Backup Policy for Critical Components
  • CPS220-14 Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing Programs

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-32 Annual Review and Testing of Response Plans
  • ASD37-35 Business continuity and disaster recovery plans (Very Good)

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.14.1 Information security continuity

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.c Business continuity, backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.10.2 IRP reviewed and tested annually

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-A1.3 Recovery plan procedures support system recovery from failures

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in CP - Contingency Planning

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP Moderate have you already done?

FedRAMP Moderate CP-4 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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