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Include evacuation procedures in the continuity plan.


CONTROL ID
12773
CONTROL TYPE
Systems Continuity
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS




This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Establish, implement, and maintain system continuity plan strategies., CC ID: 00735

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH




  • the arrangements for safe evacuation from business locations (e.g. directing staff to pre-arranged emergency assembly area, taking attendance of all employees and visitors and tracking missing people through different means immediately after the disaster); (4.2.2 Bullet 3, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Supervisory Policy Manual TM-G-2 Business Continuity Planning, V.1 - 02.12.02)
  • It is desirable to allow the aisle to be evacuated in two directions. In addition, it is necessary to provide signs and lighting so that evacuations can also take place safely at night. Furthermore, keep the emergency exits and refuge passages neat, clean, organized, and uncluttered, with attention … (F3.2., FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • evacuation routes and assembly points; (8.2 ¶ 4 Bullet 9, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • The OEP should also include procedures and multiple contact methods for collecting a personnel head count after the disaster. It is important for senior management to know who was in the building prior to the event and who has been accounted for (both onsite and offsite personnel) so that civil auth… (Appendix D Subsection 1 ¶ 2, NIST SP 800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, Rev. 1 (Final))