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CP-11 Alternate Communications Protocols

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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unchanged CP

Title

Alternate Communications Protocols

Control

Provide the capability to employ [Assignment: alternative communications protocols] in support of maintaining continuity of operations.

Discussion

Contingency plans and the contingency training or testing associated with those plans incorporate an alternate communications protocol capability as part of establishing resilience in organizational systems. Switching communications protocols may affect software applications and operational aspects of systems. Organizations assess the potential side effects of introducing alternate communications protocols prior to implementation.

Parameters

cp-11_odp: alternative communications protocols

Related controls

cp-13, cp-2, cp-8

Assessment objective

CP-11 the capability to employ [Assignment: alternative communications protocols] are provided in support of maintaining continuity of operations.

STIG rules that implement this control 1

Application Security and Development V6R5