Domains

GC

General Conditions

Listed separately from the criteria. General Conditions (GC) describe information the cloud service provider discloses in its system description and contractual agreements.

• GC-01Information on applicable law, jurisdiction, countries, partitions, regions, zones and locations
• GC-02Information on availability and incident handling during regular operation
• GC-03Information on recovery parameters in emergency operation
• GC-04Information on the approach to ensuring service availability
• GC-05Information on how investigation requests from government agencies are handled
• GC-06Information on certifications or attestations

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