NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 provides a seven-step process for developing, testing, and maintaining contingency plans. PTG uses AI-accelerated business impact analysis to build recovery programs in days instead of weeks.
Organizations that recover quickly share one trait: they planned for disruption before it happened, tested their plans, and maintained them as environments changed.
A contingency plan is the broader document that covers all disruption scenarios. Disaster recovery is one component focused specifically on restoring IT systems after a major event. SP 800-34 addresses both within a unified framework.
SP 800-34 recommends annual testing at minimum, with more frequent testing for high-impact systems. NIST 800-53 control CP-4 requires organizations to test plans at a defined frequency and document results.
A BIA identifies critical systems and processes, determines the impact of disruption over time, and establishes recovery priorities. It produces the MTD, RTO, and RPO values that drive recovery strategy selection.
Yes. SP 800-34 covers all system types including cloud-hosted services. FedRAMP requires cloud providers to implement the full CP control family with SP 800-34 as implementation guidance.
PTG's on-premise AI fleet analyzes system dependencies, data flows, and business processes to generate recovery metrics in days instead of the weeks traditional manual BIAs require.
PTG builds contingency plans that satisfy every major framework and actually work when you need them.