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Alternate Processing Site

The organization shall establish an alternate processing site that can support critical business operations during a disaster or major disruption. The alternate site shall be equipped with the necessary infrastructure, systems, and resources to support recovery operations, appropriately secured and maintained.

Requirement ID
BCM-006-R002
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

BCM-006-R002 · BCM-006
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to maintain a secured alternate processing site with the infrastructure, systems, and resources required for recovery and to ensure BCDR capabilities remain aligned with business needs, recovery objectives, and organizational risk.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for maintain a secured alternate processing site with the infrastructure, systems, and resources required for recovery. 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.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

BCM-006-R002 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        BCM-006 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.03 – Develop and implement a business continuity response. 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.07 – Manage backup arrangements.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 11(4) – Periodic testing of ICT business continuity plans, including outsourced critical functions Article 11(6)(a) – Annual testing of ICT business continuity and response/recovery plans
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          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
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.312(j) Standard: Information systems backup and recovery
          US
          Law
          vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.13-3.3-III – IT DR Strategies; §2.13-3.3-IV – IT DR Recovery Planning; §2.5-3.1.3 – Availability standards
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.1 – Operational planning and control; 8.4.4 – Business continuity plans
          ISO
          Standard
          v2019 View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.29 – Information security during disruption; 8.14 – Redundancy of information processing facilities
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          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
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.IR – Technology Infrastructure Resilience | PR.IR-03 – Mechanisms are implemented to achieve resilience requirements in normal and adverse situations 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
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.6 – CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CP-7 – ALTERNATE PROCESSING SITE
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Operational Review; Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
          India
          Standard
          vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.10.1 – An incident response plan exists and is
          PCI
          Standard
          v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.4 BCP/DR supporting cyber resilience, rapid recovery and secure resumption aligned to RTOs
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 6.1 RC.RP: Incident Recovery Plan Execution
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: A1.2 – Availability – The entity authorizes, designs, develops or acquires, implements, operates, approves, maintains, and monitors environmental protections, software, data backup processes, and recovery infrastructure to meet its objectives. A1.3 – Availability – The entity tests recovery plan procedures supporting system recovery to meet its objectives.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCM)
          Purpose:
          To maintain business operations and recover technology systems in the event of a disruption.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Recovery Infrastructure Management (BCM-006)
          Summary:
          Establishes recovery infrastructure including alternate processing site, alternate storage, failover capability, high availability, recovery resources, validation, monitoring, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain recovery infrastructure including alternate processing facilities, recovery sites, failover capabilities, redundant technologies, and recovery resources necessary to support business continuity.