NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) v7 Standards and Requirements Practice Test

The intent of Recovery Plan Implementation in CIP-009 R2 is best described as focusing on the implementation of effective recovery strategy performance. This requirement emphasizes putting into action the recovery plans that have been established to ensure that organizations can effectively respond to and recover from incidents affecting their critical infrastructure. It underscores the need for organizations to not only have documented recovery strategies but also to actively execute those strategies in a way that demonstrates their effectiveness and readiness.

Ensuring effective performance of recovery strategies involves monitoring, assessing the efficacy of recovery processes, and making adjustments as needed to optimize recovery efforts. This proactive approach ensures that organizations can restore operations promptly and minimize impact during incidents.

While creating new recovery documentation, training employees, or modifying recovery objectives based on previous tests are all important aspects of an overall recovery strategy, they are not the primary focus of the Recovery Plan Implementation as defined in this standard. The emphasis lies on executing the previously established plans and ensuring they work as intended in real-world scenarios.