During a quarterly business-continuity tabletop exercise, the security team reviews a document that lists recovery time objectives, procedures for restoring databases from off-site backups, and steps to start workloads in a secondary data center after a hurricane. What is the primary objective of this disaster recovery plan?
Define communication protocols and escalation paths for reporting security incidents
Restore critical IT services and data to acceptable operating levels after a disruption
Identify and rank potential threats based on likelihood and business impact
Maintain all business processes in real time during the disruption without any downtime
A disaster recovery plan focuses on re-establishing critical IT services and recovering data so the organization can resume normal operations within acceptable timeframes and data-loss tolerances. Business-continuity plans emphasize keeping core business functions running, while risk assessments and incident-response procedures concentrate on threat analysis and escalation paths rather than system restoration.
Ask Bash
Bash is our AI bot, trained to help you pass your exam. AI Generated Content may display inaccurate information, always double-check anything important.
What are the key components of a disaster recovery plan?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
How does a disaster recovery plan differ from a business continuity plan?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
Why is it important to regularly test a disaster recovery plan?