Kayne and Tom talk about the Contingency Planning domain under FedRAMP moderate, comparing it against the best practice of Business Continuity Planning, and providing specific guidance for key elements of a successful contingency plan. They also find what amounts to near common ground on this episodes beer tasting, Laughing Lab Scottish Ale.

Reference documents:

NIST 800-12 https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-12r1.pdf

NIST 800-34 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-34/rev-1/final

NIST 800-100 https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/legacy/sp/nistspecialpublication800-100.pdf

The Drafting Compliance series:

To lighten the dark corners of compliance, hosts Kayne and Tom as share with you Hyperproof's journey to becoming FedRAMP moderate, an overall roadmap to achieve FedRAMP compliance in a year, and the tips and tricks they learn along the way. As if compliance isn't fun enough, the hosts also try out a new beer each episode and rate it on a scale from 1-10.