Compliance with DB's corporate standards is monitored regionally by Regional Business Continuity Council reporting on a quarterly basis through the Global Business Continuity Council. Crisis Management & Implementation DB's Information & Resilience Risk Management division ensures that DB has a clearly defined, documented and tested crisis management process for assessing, escalating and managing any business disruption that may affect DB's ability to continue its critical business operations. This includes a crisis contact and escalation process which is tested on a regular basis. In addition, DB's BCPs are designed to be implemented in response to varying levels of business disruptions. The nature of the business disruption will affect whether all or only parts of our plans are executed. Business Continuity Recovery Solutions DB has a broad recovery program in place to deal with the impact of incident or crisis. The Bank has a number of customized recovery solutions designed to facilitate the quickest possible resumption of work for the critical businesses and support functions. Examples of these are: - Alternate Sites DB has self-managed, dedicated standby facilities. These recovery sites provide dedicated recovery seats and infrastructure to provide for the needs of the business. Additionally, DB retains recovery sites contractually through service providers who concentrate on business resiliency. All recovery sites are physically separated from normal business locations to prevent both sites being affected by the same incident. - Reciprocal Agreements Some businesses have partnership agreements with other business units regarding the allocation of a required number of recovery seats or the ability to transfer work. The receiving business unit provides the necessary infrastructure, hardware facilities or staff. Both normal business locations are geographically separated from each other to prevent both sites being affected by the same i