CISA Practice Question: Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience
An organization is developing a business continuity strategy for its key customer-facing application. The BIA determined an RTO of 2 hours and an RPO of 30 minutes. Which TWO strategies are most appropriate to meet these objectives?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Implement a hot standby site
A hot standby site provides near-real-time failover, which supports a 2-hour RTO. Synchronous data replication ensures data loss is minimal, supporting a 30-minute RPO.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Implement a hot standby site
Why this is correct
Hot standby can achieve fast failover within RTO.
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Adopt a manual workaround process
Why it's wrong here
Manual processes are unlikely to meet the 2-hour RTO.
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Store backup tape at an offsite location
Why it's wrong here
Tape restoration would take too long for a 2-hour RTO.
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Use synchronous data replication to a secondary site
Why this is correct
Synchronous replication ensures data is mirrored in near real-time, meeting RPO.
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Perform daily full backups to tape
Why it's wrong here
Daily backups would result in up to 24 hours of data loss, exceeding RPO.
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