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CD-27 · Professional & organization · Rev 1.0 · 3 sheets

Essential Records Register & Backup Test

An organizational register for the records required to continue essential functions, protect legal and financial rights, recover systems, and hand work to successors.

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Organization continuity & handoff
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Essential Records Register & Backup Test

Form revision1.0
PrivacyOrganization-sensitive; protect restricted records
Review cadenceReview at least annually and after major system changes

A continuity plan is incomplete if the essential records exist only in the system that just failed. Identify what must survive, who is authorized to access it, where redundant copies exist, and when restoration was last tested.

Essential records register

Record / data setFunction supportedCustodianPrimary system / locationBackup / alternateAccess authorityRetention / notes
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Recovery test

Record / systemBackup last verifiedRestore / access test dateTesterResultCorrective action / owner

Continuity questions

Records required in first 4 hours
Records required in first 24 hours
Records required for payroll / personnel
Records required for contracts / vendors
Records required to protect public / client legal or financial rights
Offline or hard-copy records that must be pre-positioned
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Control rules

Use appropriate access controls for sensitive and personally identifiable information.
Document system migrations and corrections; preserve audit history where required.
Keep backups in a failure domain different from the primary system when feasible.
Test restoration, not just backup creation.
Source basis: Built To Resist records chapters; FEMA continuity guidance on essential records.
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Status: Independent educational planning resource. No government affiliation. Not legal, medical, financial, or emergency-management advice.
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