Recovery Strategy & Planning Flashcards
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The '4 Ts' framework for recovery strategy selection refers to:
Answer: Tolerate, Treat, Transfer, Terminate the risk
The 4 Ts (Tolerate, Treat, Transfer, Terminate) represent the four strategic options for managing risks and their continuity implications.
Which metric defines how much data loss an organization can accept, measured in time?
Answer: Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
The RPO defines the maximum age of data that must be recoverable, effectively measuring acceptable data loss in time units.
When a recovery plan includes 'tiered recovery,' this means:
Answer: Critical functions are restored first, followed by less critical functions in priority order
Tiered recovery prioritizes restoration of the most critical business functions first and defers less essential functions to later recovery phases.
A 'tabletop exercise' conducted to validate recovery strategies is BEST described as:
Answer: A discussion-based walkthrough of the recovery plan without actual system activation
Tabletop exercises are facilitated discussions where participants walk through recovery scenarios to identify gaps without activating physical resources.
In recovery strategy documentation, an 'activation checklist' serves to:
Answer: Ensure all necessary steps are completed in the correct sequence when invoking the recovery plan
An activation checklist ensures consistent, step-by-step execution of plan invocation tasks so nothing critical is missed during a stressful event.
Which scenario BEST justifies choosing a managed recovery service over a self-maintained alternate site?
Answer: The organization requires a low RTO but cannot justify the capital cost of a dedicated site
Managed recovery services provide rapid recovery capabilities at a subscription cost, making them attractive when RTOs are tight but capital investment is constrained.
The concept of 'resilience by design' in recovery planning means:
Answer: Embedding redundancy and recovery capabilities into systems and processes from the outset rather than retrofitting them
Resilience by design integrates redundancy, failover, and recoverability into architecture and workflows during initial design, reducing recovery complexity and cost.