What evidence does SOC 2 SOC2-A1.3 need?

Disaster recovery or continuity test plan and results in the period. Backup restore test records with verification of completeness. Plan updates made after test findings

SOC2-A1.3 of SOC 2, stated here in our words and cited to that clause.

Does it map to the other framework?

Yes, to 1 criteria in the other framework, each with a confidence and a reason. A link is a topical overlap, not a legal equivalence.

SOC 2 A1.3 evidence: A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures

SOC 2 A1.3: A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures

SOC 2 A1.3 covers A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures. The held text names 4 evidence records for it, the first being Disaster recovery or continuity test plan and results in the period. The common gap an assessor flags is No recovery test performed in the period.

Procedures in the recovery plan that support system recovery are tested to confirm objectives can be met. Points of focus: business continuity plan testing is performed periodically, with scenarios weighted by how likely and how severe threats are, components across the organisation and its vendors that can impair availability, and unavailability of key people or vendors (vendors added in 2022), and plans are revised from the results; and backup data is tested periodically for integrity and completeness.

What evidence supports A1.3?

Disaster recovery testingDisaster recovery or continuity test plan and results in the period
Disaster recovery testingBackup restore test records with verification of completeness
Disaster recovery testingPlan updates made after test findings
Disaster recovery testingTest scenarios covering failure of a critical vendor

Where this requirement comes from

This is our own statement of SOC 2 A1.3, read from the copy we hold (issuer free complete copy) and stated in our words, not the standard verbatim. The framework as we hold it.

Common gaps an assessor flags

No recovery test performed in the period
Restore tests confirm a file exists but not that data is complete
Test findings never fed back into the plan
Continuity tests assume key vendors remain available

How it maps to ISO 27001:2022

5.30 high Testing recovery plan procedures is the ICT readiness verification this control demands.

A link is a topical overlap with a confidence and a reason. It does not establish that meeting one requirement satisfies the other, and it is not certification.