Frameworks / UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers / D.3 UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers
DEFSTAN 05-138 Section D: Minimising the Impact of Incidents
UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers D.3: Backup and Recovery The supplier must maintain regular off-line backups of data off-site to enable recovery from cyber incidents.
Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk · Verified against the published standard 31 May 2026 · Control text last updated 21 May 2026 What else in your programme already covers this This control maps to 125 controls across 75 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.
API1164-17 Wireless and Field Communications API1164-18 Field Device Security API1164-19 Safety Instrumented Systems Interface ASD37-34 Regular backups (Essential) ASD37-35 Business continuity and disaster recovery plans (Very Good) ASD37-36 System recovery capabilities (Very Good) FEDRAMP-CP-9 System Backup FedRAMP-Boundary Authorization Boundary, SSP, SAR, POA&M documentation FedRAMP-IncidentReporting FedRAMP incident reporting to PMO and US-CERT IEC62443-16 Incident response plan for operational disruptions IEC62443-17 Recovery plan for critical systems IEC62443-20 Exercises and drills for OT incidents ISO27019-16 Incident response plan for operational disruptions ISO27019-18 Reporting obligations to authorities ISO27019-20 Exercises and drills for OT incidents 27031-8.1 Exercising and Testing 27031-8.2 Maintaining IRBC 27031-9.3 Management Review NIST-CSF-RC.RP-01 The recovery portion of the incident response plan is executed once initiated from the incident response process NIST-CSF-RC.RP-06 The end of incident recovery is declared based on criteria, and incident-related documentation is completed NIST-CSF-RS.MA-05 The criteria for initiating incident recovery are applied PICERL-C2 System Backup PICERL-R1 System Restoration PICERL-R2 Security Verification SSAE18-A1.2 A1.2 - Environmental Protections and Recovery SSAE18-A1.3 A1.3 - Recovery Plan Testing SSAE18-CC7.5 CC7.5 - Incident Recovery IMO-MSC-FAL-Recover-BackupRestore-ContinuityOfNavigation-LessonsLearned-Drills IMO MSC-FAL Recover Function - Backup and Restore + Continuity of Navigation + Continuity of Cargo Operations + Continuity of Propulsion + Lessons Learned + Drills + Resilience IMO-MSC-FAL-Respond-IncidentResponse-Communication-FlagState-PortAuthority-CIRT-USCGNVIC IMO MSC-FAL Respond Function - Incident Response Plan + Containment + Communication + Flag State + Port Authority + USCG NVIC + Class Society Notification + CIRT ISO22316-08 Recovery time and point objectives ISO22316-12 Recovery strategy for critical activities ISO22317-08 Recovery time and point objectives ISO22317-12 Recovery strategy for critical activities ISO22318-08 Recovery time and point objectives ISO22318-12 Recovery strategy for critical activities NFPA1600-5.3 Resource Needs Assessment NFPA1600-6.4 Continuity and Recovery SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure SOC2-A1.3 A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures IM8-RES.2 Disaster Recovery IM8-RES.4 Resilience Testing ISMSP-PI-06 Personal Information Destruction ISMSP-SYS-06 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 4.4.8 Business Continuity and Recovery DIQ-1 Data Integration and Interoperability FFIEC-12 Disaster recovery procedures FIRST-CSIRTF-SA2-ISIM Service Area 2 - Information Security Incident Management (Intake, Analysis, Containment, Recovery, Coordination, Crisis) GAMP5-Supplier-Operations-Change-Periodic Supplier Assessment, Operational Phase, Change Control and Periodic Review GLBA-Subordinate-Rules-Operationalisation GLBA Operationalisation through FTC Safeguards Rule, Privacy Rule, SEC Reg S-P and Banking-Agency Guidelines HKMA-SPM-OR-RR-SA-OperationalResilience HKMA SPM Operational Risk (OR-1), Operational Resilience (OR-2), Recovery Planning (RR-1), Outsourcing (SA-2) IACS-UR-E26-Respond-Recover-IncidentResponse-Recovery-Backup-Lessons IACS UR E26 Respond + Recover Goals - Incident Response + Communication + Recovery + Backup + Lessons Learned IEEE1686-IR-Recovery-Reporting-Exercises-Drills-RECOV IEEE 1686 - Incident Response + Recovery from Failed Update + Reporting to Authorities + Coordination with Sector-Specific Agencies + Exercises and Drills ISO-22320-5.2 Incident management process 27011-8.6 Data protection and backup ISO27043-23 Backup and recovery procedures ISO21434-23 Backup and recovery procedures JP-FSA-CYB-Incident-Response-Playbooks-Containment-Eradication-Recovery-Post-Mortem-Tabletop-CSIRT Japan FSA Cybersecurity Incident Response + Playbooks + Containment + Eradication + Recovery + Post-Mortem + Tabletop Exercises + CSIRT + FSA Notification + Customer Communication + Forensics + Lessons Learned MTCS-Acquisition-Development-Maintenance-Supplier-Vulnerability-DevSecOps-SBOM-SDLC-SCA-API-Container MTCS Acquisition + Development + Maintenance + Supplier + Vulnerability + DevSecOps + SBOM + SDLC + SCA MAS-TRM-Reliability-Data-Centre-Chapters-7-8-RTO-RPO-BCP-DR-System-Availability-4-Hours-12-Months MAS TRM Reliability + Data Centre + Chapters 7-8 + RTO + RPO + BCP + DR + System Availability 4 Hours 12 Months NABERS-3 NABERS Water Performance Rating NAIC-5 Third Party Service Provider Oversight - Section 4(F)(3) and Section 5 NERCCIP-6 Incident Reporting and Response Planning + Recovery Plans (CIP-008 + CIP-009) NISTPF-8 Protect-P Information Protection Processes (PR.PO-P) NISTSP115-8 Operational Considerations - Tools, Reporting Templates, ISMS Integration, Annex Material NISTSP123-5 Server Operations - Patching, Malware, Logging, Backup NISTSP137-7 Incident Response Integration and Ongoing Authorization NISTSP144-6 Availability, Resilience, BCP/DR, and SLA Management NISTSP145-3 Rapid Elasticity Characteristic and Capacity Management NISTSP146-7 Service Level, Performance, Reliability, Interoperability, and Portability NISTSP61-5 Containment, Eradication, and Recovery NISTSP63R4-4 Authenticator Lifecycle: Binding, Recovery, Replacement, Suspension, Revocation NISTSP82-7 OT Incident Response, Forensics, Recovery, and Continuity NISTSP88-5 Media Inventory, Tracking, Chain of Custody, and Sanitization Records NISTSP92-6 Log Retention: Policy, Tiered Storage, Backup, Secure Disposal, Legal Hold NGCB-6 Incident Response, 72-Hour NGCB Notification, and Independent Investigation OSFIB13-3 Cyber Security: Identification, Protection, Detection, Response, Recovery OWASPMASVS-7 MASVS-RESILIENCE: Resilience Against Reverse Engineering OWASPSAMM-5 Operations: Incident Management, Environment Management, Operational Management OMANCS-7 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience OPENBANK-8 Incident Detection, Response, Customer Notification, Post-Incident Review, BCM OSSFSC-8 Project Maintenance, Sustainability, Integration with Supply Chain Security PCI-P2PE-12 Disaster recovery procedures PCI-PIN-12 Disaster recovery procedures PCI-SSF-12 Disaster recovery procedures PSDTWO-2 SCA Exemptions and Risk-Based Authentication PTESPHASE-3 Threat Modeling SHAREASSESS-4 Vulnerability Management, Patching, Application Security SUPCHAIN-2 Source Integrity - Branch Protection, Code Review, Two-Person Rule SOC-CY-A2 Disaster Recovery TSAPIPE-2 OT/IT Network Segmentation and Access Control SEMD-CS-3 Cyber Resilience CYB-5 Cyber Incident Response Plan Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. 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