Contingency Plan

Definition

Contingency Plan. An event specific preparation that is executed to protect an individual or an organization from certain and specific identified risks and/or threats. A plan to deal with specific set of adverse circumstances. When applied to businesses and organizations it may take the more specific form of a Business Continuity Plan.

See Also

• Business Continuity Guidelines, an overall organization of various approaches to Business Continuity
• Business Continuity Glossary, a compilation of terms grouped by Business Continuity topics
• Business Continuity Resources, collection of (external) resources around Business Continuity and Crisis Management