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continuity of operations plan (COOP)

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  A predetermined set of instructions or procedures that describe how an organization’s mission-essential functions will be sustained within 12 hours and for up to 30 days as a result of a disaster event before returning to normal operations.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1

  2. A written plan for recovering one or more information systems at an alternate facility in response to a major hardware or software failure or destruction of facilities.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under disaster recovery plan (DRP) from NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1

  Management policy and procedures used to guide an enterprise response to a major loss of enterprise capability or damage to its facilities. The DRP is the second plan needed by the enterprise risk managers and is used when the enterprise must recover (at its original facilities) from a loss of capability over a period of hours or days.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under disaster recovery plan (DRP)

  A predetermined set of instructions or procedures that describe how an organization’s mission essential functions will be sustained within 12 hours and for up to 30 days as a result of a disaster event before returning to normal operations.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 under Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan