IT Contingency Plan Activation and Recovery Templates

Download Free IT Contingency Plan Activation and Recovery Templates. This simple templates could be used for IT Contingency Plan Activation and Recovery.

1. NOTIFICATION AND ACTIVATION PHASE
This phase addresses the initial actions taken to detect and assess damage inflicted by a disruption to {system name}. Based on the assessment of the event, the plan may be activated by the Contingency Planning Coordinator.

Notification
• The first responder is to notify the Contingency Planning Coordinator. All known information must be relayed to the Contingency Planning Coordinator.

Damage Assessment Procedures:
{Detailed procedures should be outlined to include activities to determine the cause of the disruption; potential for additional disruption or damage; affected physical area and status of physical infrastructure; status of IT equipment functionality and inventory, including items that will need to be replaced; and estimated time to repair services to normal operations.}
• {team name}
- Team Damage Assessment Procedures
• {Insert additional team names and procedures as necessary}

Activation
The Contingency Plan is to be activated if one or more of the following criteria are met:
1. {System name} will be unavailable for more than {XX} hours.
2. Facility is damaged and will be unavailable for more than {XX} hours.