ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
A company is developing a business continuity plan. Which document identifies critical business functions and their dependencies, including the maximum acceptable downtime?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) identifies critical business functions, dependencies, and quantifies the impact of disruptions, including maximum tolerable downtime (MTD).
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
Why it's wrong here
The DRP focuses on restoring IT systems after a disaster, not on identifying critical functions and their downtime tolerances.
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Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Why it's wrong here
The BCP outlines how to keep the business running during a disruption, but the initial analysis is performed in the BIA.
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Incident Response Plan (IRP)
Why it's wrong here
The IRP handles immediate response to security incidents, not business continuity analysis.
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Why this is correct
The BIA identifies critical functions, dependencies, and metrics like MTD, RTO, and RPO.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
Impact
Impact is the measure of the potential damage or harm that a risk event could cause to an organization's assets, operations, or reputation.
Key term
Business continuity
Business continuity is the capability of an organization to continue delivering essential services during and after a disruptive event.
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