Recovery Time Objective

Recovery Time Objective

Question

Which of the following is the duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster in order to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity?

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The duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster in order to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity is referred to as the Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

RTO is a critical metric in disaster recovery planning and represents the maximum amount of time a business process can be offline or unavailable without causing significant harm to the organization. The RTO is typically expressed in hours, minutes, or seconds and varies depending on the criticality of the business process and the tolerance for downtime.

It is important to note that the RTO is not the same as the Recovery Point Objective (RPO), which is the maximum amount of data loss an organization can tolerate in the event of a disaster. The RPO represents the point in time to which data must be restored after a disruption, whereas the RTO represents the maximum time allowed for the restoration of business operations.

The other options listed in the question are not relevant to the definition of RTO:

  • RCO (Recovery Communications Objective) refers to the time frame within which the organization must restore communication channels after a disaster.
  • RPO (Recovery Point Objective) was already explained above, and
  • RTA (Recovery Time Actual) is the time it takes to restore business operations after a disaster has occurred, which is not the same as RTO.