System planning and acceptance Standards Capacity management ISMF Standard 52 (Capacity management) Responsible Parties should ensure that capabilities, resources and services are monitored, optimised and projections for demand particularly during peak periods (whether calendar or event driven) are factored into the service delivery plan. Business Controls The following general guidance applies regardless of the classification levels of the information assets: Capacity planning and management activities should be incorporated into Agency Business Continuity [BCP] and Disaster Recovery Plans [DRP] and should include the overflow capabilities for supporting assets and/or services such as communication transmission links for voice, video and data networks or network attached storage devices. Implementation of ISMF Standard 52 satisfies the objectives described in (or alternately ). Additional controls based on DLMs and protective markings Classification Additional Controls [A4] Availability 4 Responsible Parties must incorporate services and platforms classified at Availability 3 or Availability 4 into a documented [A3] Availability 3 capacity management plan. System acceptance ISMF Standard 53 (System acceptance) Responsible Parties shall implement provisions for acceptance testing of new ICT systems, services, upgrades and releases. Business Controls
System planning and acceptance Standards Capacity management ISMF Standard 52 (Capacity management) Responsible Parties should ensure that capabilities, resources and services are monitored, optimised and projections for demand particularly during peak periods (whether calendar or event driven) are factored into the service delivery plan. Business Controls The following general guidance applies regardless of the classification levels of the information assets: Capacity planning and management activities should be incorporated into Agency Business Continuity [BCP] and Disaster Recovery Plans [DRP] and should include the overflow capabilities for supporting assets and/or services such as communication transmission links for voice, video and data networks or network attached storage devices. Implementation of ISMF Standard 52 satisfies the objectives described in (or alternately ). Additional controls based on DLMs and protective markings Classification Additional Controls [A4] Availability 4 [A3] Availability 3 Responsible Parties must incorporate services and platforms classified at Availability 3 or Availability 4 into a documented capacity management plan. System acceptance ISMF Standard 53 (System acceptance) Responsible Parties shall implement provisions for acceptance testing of new ICT systems, services, upgrades and releases. Business Controls
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