ROC Contingency Plan Framework (ISO 22301 Aligned)

The ROC Contingency Plan Framework provides a systematic approach to identifying, prioritizing, and sustaining essential remote operations functions—including fleet monitoring, process control, safety interlock management, and emergency response coordination—when primary systems or locations fail. Unlike generic business continuity plans, it explicitly addresses ROC-specific dependencies such as low-latency satellite/5G connectivity, time-sensitive SCADA telemetry, cyber-physical system integrity, and regulatory reporting obligations under mining health and safety legislation (e.g., MSHA, DMRE). Core to the framework is the ROC Business Impact Analysis (ROC-BIA), which quantifies Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO) and Minimum Business Continuity Objective (MBCO) per functional process—not just at the organizational level but down to individual control loops (e.g., haul truck dispatch latency < 500 ms). The framework mandates scenario-based testing across three tiers: technical (e.g., primary HMI failure), operational (e.g., loss of site-wide comms), and strategic (e.g., regional power grid collapse), with defined escalation paths, role-based activation checklists, and predefined fallback configurations (e.g., local edge controllers assuming limited autonomy during WAN loss). Continual improvement is enforced via post-incident reviews linked to ISO 22301 Clause 10 requirements, including metrics tracking mean time to restore (MTTR) for ROC-critical services and annual validation of recovery time objectives (RTOs) against evolving automation architecture (e.g., AI-driven predictive maintenance integration).