CISA Practice Question: Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience
An organization is implementing a disaster recovery plan. The DR team wants to test the plan with minimal risk and without impacting production operations. Which type of test is most appropriate?
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Walkthrough
A walkthrough test involves reviewing the plan step by step in a meeting, with no actual failover or impact on production, making it low-risk.
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Walkthrough
Why this is correct
A walkthrough is a discussion-based review, no production impact.
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Full interruption test
Why it's wrong here
This involves actual switch-over and can impact production.
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Simulation
Why it's wrong here
Simulation tests specific scenarios but may require some resources.
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Parallel test
Why it's wrong here
Running DR systems alongside production carries some risk.
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