Reciprocal Site

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1. Reciprocal Site is to have a Reciprocal Agreement or Memorandum of Agreement with an internal or external entity. This agreement allows two organizations to back each other up. This is

sometime referred to as a mutual-aid agreement. Similar Terms: Mutual Aid Agreement.

Related Terms: Alternate Site, Reciprocal Agreement.


Note: Reciprocal Site can be drawn up between two similarly configured organizations. Each organization must have spare processing time, hardware capability or amenity at a limited capacity

to support the critical business functions and applications of the organization in distress. These arrangements are usually used by large companies with many subsidiaries. Even in these cases, it

is rare that enough spare processing time and equipment capability exist to support a mutual recovery arrangement.


BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Recovery Strategy CL 2: Intermediate (BC)




BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Recovery Strategy CL 4: Intermediate (DR)

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

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