Information System Contingency Plan

An Information System Contingency Plan (ISCP) is a pre-established plan for restoration of the services of a given information system after a disruption.

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) has published a Special Publication (SP) named SP 800-34 guiding organizations as to how an ISCP should be developed.{{cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/779795/security-detailing-contingency-planning.html|title=Detailing contingency planning|author=M.E. Kabay|date= Nov 9, 2009}}{{cite journal|url=https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-34/rev-1/final|title=SP 800-34 Rev. 1|website=nist.gov|year=2010 |doi=10.6028/NIST.SP.800-34r1 |last1=Swanson |first1=M. |last2=Bowen |first2=P. |last3=Phillips |first3=A. W. |last4=Gallup |first4=D. |last5=Lynes |first5=D. |doi-access=free |url-access=subscription }}