Your company has implemented a new disaster recovery plan and you are tasked with conducting a validation test. What type of test would provide a detailed, realistic simulation of a disaster scenario without disrupting the actual data center operations?
A tabletop exercise is the correct answer because it involves a comprehensive review of the disaster recovery plan with the key personnel without causing any operational disruptions. This type of test uses simulations presented to the staff to walk through the steps theoretically. It is useful for examining the theoretical response of a team to a disaster in a controlled setting. Full-scale tests, while thorough, involve a real-world application that can affect actual operations, making them unsuitable for scenarios where disruption is a concern. Technical review typically involves checking the technical aspects of a DR plan rather than a functional test of the plan. Documentation review alone, which focuses only on verifying the documents, does not provide a simulation of disaster response.
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