Exam 9: Business Continuity Preparation and Implementation

What is the purpose of the business continuity program at the organization?

A ____ is a contract between two organizations for each to assist the other in the event of a disaster.

Why should the should BC and DR teams contain different individuals?

A ____ agreement usually guarantees space when needed,even if this means that the service bureau has to acquire additional space in the event of a widespread disaster.

Unlike the IR plan and the DR plan,testing the BC plan is an ongoing activity,with each scenario tested at least semiannually and at least at a walk-through level.

BC is specifically designed to get the organization's most critical services up and running as quickly as possible in order to enable the continued operation of the organization and thereby assure its existence and minimize the financial losses from the disruption.

____________________ duplicate computing resources,peripherals,phone systems,applications,and workstations.

Discuss five tips for effective BC planning.

The ____ is the amount of time that passes before an infrastructure is available once the need for BC is declared.

____ planning represents the final response of the organization when faced with any interruption of its critical operations.

____ is the rapid relocation of an organization's critical business functions to another location.

The ____ is the point in the past to which the recovered applications and data at the alternate infrastructure will be restored.

Match each statement with an item below. -Works closely with the hardware,apps,and data teams to establish system functions during relocation.

Unlike DR planning,the identification of critical business functions and the resources to support them are the cornerstone of the process used to create the business continuity (BC)plan.

A ____ is a fully configured computer facility,with all services,communications links,and physical plant operations.

How does remote journaling differ from electronic vaulting?

The ____ section of the business continuity policy identifies the organizational units and groups of employees to which the policy applies.

Match each statement with an item below. -Must be renegotiated periodically.

The ____ section of the business continuity policy provides an overview of the information storage and retrieval plans of the organization.

The BC ____________________ is most likely a general manager from the operations or production division,appointed by the chief operations officer,chief finance officer,or chief executive officer.