ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
Which recovery site strategy provides the fastest Recovery Time Objective (RTO), typically within hours, by maintaining a fully operational mirrored environment?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Hot site
A hot site is a fully operational facility that mirrors the production environment, allowing recovery within hours.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Cold site
Why it's wrong here
Cold sites have no equipment and take weeks to become operational.
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Warm site
Why it's wrong here
Warm sites are partially configured and take days to become operational.
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Hot site
Why this is correct
Hot sites are fully mirrored and can be operational within hours.
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Cloud-based recovery
Why it's wrong here
Cloud-based recovery can be quick but may not be as fast as a hot site.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
Recovery
Recovery is the process of restoring systems, data, and operations after a security incident, failure, or disaster to return to normal functioning.
Key term
Business Continuity Planning
Business Continuity Planning is the process of creating a strategy to keep an organization's essential functions running during and after a major disruption.
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