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Include a pandemic plan in the continuity plan.


CONTROL ID
06800
CONTROL TYPE
Establish/Maintain Documentation
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Establish and maintain a system continuity plan philosophy., CC ID: 00734

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • Identify and support critical functions that must continue during a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 (e.g. water and sanitation; fuel and energy; food; telecommunications/internet; finance; law and order; education; and transportation), necessary resources, and essential workforce (Pillar 8 Step 3 Action 1, COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, OPERATIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT COUNTRY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, Draft as of 12 February 2020)
  • Is there a pandemic plan? (§ K.2, Shared Assessments Standardized Information Gathering Questionnaire - K. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 7.0)
  • Does the pandemic plan include pandemic-specific human resources policies and procedures? (§ K.2.4, Shared Assessments Standardized Information Gathering Questionnaire - K. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 7.0)
  • Determine whether the BCP addresses management monitoring of alert systems that provide information regarding the threat and progression of a pandemic. Further, determine if the plan provides for escalating responses to the progress or particular stages of an outbreak. (TIER I OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES BCP - Pandemic Issues Objective 8:5, FFIEC Business Continuity Planning (BCP) IT Examination Handbook, February 2015)
  • Determine whether pandemic risks have been incorporated into the business impact analysis and whether continuity plans and strategies reflect the results of the analysis. (TIER I OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES BCP - Pandemic Issues Objective 8:4, FFIEC Business Continuity Planning (BCP) IT Examination Handbook, February 2015)
  • Determine whether the BCP effectively addresses pandemic issues. (TIER I OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES BCP - Pandemic Issues Objective 8, FFIEC Business Continuity Planning (BCP) IT Examination Handbook, February 2015)
  • A documented strategy that provides for scaling the institution's pandemic efforts so they are consistent with the effects of a particular stage of a pandemic outbreak, such as first cases of humans contracting the disease overseas, first cases within the United States, and first cases within the or… (TIER I OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES BCP - Pandemic Issues Objective 8:3 Bullet 2, FFIEC Business Continuity Planning (BCP) IT Examination Handbook, February 2015)