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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A. B. C. D.process.
Answer: B is incorrect.
The Recovery Time Actual (RTA) is established during an exercise, actual event, or predetermined based on recovery.
The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster or disruption in order to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity.
It includes the time for trying to fix the problem without a recovery, the recovery itself, tests and the communication to the users.
Decision time for user representative is not included.
The business continuity timeline usually runs parallel with an incident management timeline and may start at the same, or different, points.
In accepted business continuity planning methodology, the RTO is established during the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) by the owner of a process (usually in conjunction with the Business Continuity planner)
The RTOs are then presented to senior management for acceptance.
The RTO attaches to the business process and not the resources required to support the methodology the technology support team develops.
This is the time frame the technology support takes to deliver the recovered infrastructure to the business.
Objective (RPO) describes the acceptable amount of data loss measured in time.
It is the point in time to which data must be recovered as defined by the organization.
The RPO is generally a definition of what an organization determines is an "acceptable loss" in a disaster situation.
If the RPO of a company is 2 hours and the time it takes to get the data back into production is 5 hours, the RPO is still 2 hours.
Based on this RPO the data must be restored to within 2 hours of the disaster.
The answer is A. RTO, which stands for "Recovery Time Objective."
RTO is the maximum amount of time that a business process can be unavailable or interrupted before it causes significant harm to the organization's operations. In other words, it is the duration of time within which a business process must be restored after a disaster in order to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity.
An RTO is typically defined as part of a larger business continuity or disaster recovery plan. It is based on an assessment of the organization's critical business processes and the impact of their loss or interruption. The RTO can vary depending on the process or application in question, and it may be different for different parts of the organization.
Meeting the RTO requires the organization to have a plan in place to quickly recover from a disaster, such as a power outage, natural disaster, or cyber attack. The plan may involve backup systems, redundant infrastructure, and other measures to ensure that critical systems can be restored within the required timeframe.
It is important to note that the RTO is different from the RPO (Recovery Point Objective), which refers to the maximum amount of data that can be lost in a disaster without causing significant harm to the organization. The RTA (Recovery Time Actual) and RCO (Recovery Cost Objective) are not commonly used terms in the context of business continuity and disaster recovery planning.