A security analyst is reviewing the company's disaster recovery plan (DRP). The analyst notes that the DRP focuses heavily on restoring critical business functions but lacks a comprehensive inventory of IT hardware, software, and data assets. Which of the following BEST describes the risk associated with this omission?
The DRP's effectiveness is not impacted, as the primary goal of restoring business functions makes a specific asset inventory redundant.
The lack of an inventory primarily represents a financial risk for insurance claims but does not affect the technical recovery process.
Recovery will be faster as teams can focus on broad functions rather than being slowed down by the details of specific assets.
Recovery efforts may be delayed and incomplete because there is no detailed inventory to guide prioritization and restoration.
A detailed and current asset inventory is a foundational component of an effective disaster recovery plan. Without it, an organization cannot accurately prioritize which systems to restore first, understand dependencies between assets, or ensure that all necessary components are recovered. This leads to inefficient and delayed recovery efforts, potentially preventing the organization from meeting its Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). The inventory is essential for knowing what needs to be restored to bring critical business functions back online.
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