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BCDR Policy

The organization shall establish a BCDR policy that defines the requirements, principles, and expectations for business continuity and disaster recovery. The policy shall address program governance, planning requirements, recovery objectives, testing requirements, and continuous improvement, reviewed periodically and updated to address emerging threats and regulatory requirements.

Requirement ID
BCM-001-R004
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

BCM-001-R004 · BCM-001
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to establish mandatory BCDR requirements, principles, recovery objectives, testing expectations, governance, and improvement requirements and to ensure BCDR capabilities remain aligned with business needs, recovery objectives, and organizational risk.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for establish mandatory BCDR requirements, principles, recovery objectives, testing expectations, governance, and improvement requirements. 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-001-R004 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        BCM-001 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 11 – Data Recovery: 11.1 – Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process
          CIS
          Best Practice
          vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.01 – Define the business continuity policy, objectives and scope. 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.03 – Develop and implement a business continuity response.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 11(1) – Comprehensive ICT business continuity policy Article 11(2)(a) – Continuity of critical or important functions Article 5(2)(e) – Approval, oversight and periodic review 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) – Security of processing; Article 32(1)(c) – Timely restoration of availability and access; Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.13-3.3 – BCM Framework
          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 →
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 5.2 – Policy
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.30 – ICT readiness for business continuity
          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-1 – POLICY AND PROCEDURES, CP-2 – CONTINGENCY PLAN
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Governance Controls; Governance and Oversight Structure – Establishing clear policies
          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: Circular §11 – Cyber Crisis Management Plan; 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: 1.4 GV.OV: Oversight; 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: CC9.1 – Risk Mitigation – The entity identifies, selects, and develops risk mitigation activities for risks arising from potential business disruptions. CC5.3 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 12: The entity deploys control activities through policies that establish what is expected and in procedures that put policies into action.
          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:
          Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Program (BCM-001)
          Summary:
          Establishes BCDR program including governance, scope, roles, policy, resources, monitoring, reporting, metrics, review, and continuous improvement for business continuity and disaster recovery.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain an enterprise Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) program including governance, policies, roles, responsibilities, and continual improvement processes.