ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
Which type of recovery site is pre-configured with hardware and software, but does not have live data, typically requiring days to become operational?
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Warm site
A warm site has partially configured infrastructure but no current data, leading to RTO of days.
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Warm site
Why this is correct
Warm site has hardware/software but no live data, RTO days.
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Cloud-based recovery
Why it's wrong here
Cloud recovery can spin up quickly, often hours.
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Cold site
Why it's wrong here
Cold site is empty facility, RTO weeks.
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Hot site
Why it's wrong here
Hot site mirrors production and has live data, RTO hours.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
RTO
Recovery Time Objective is the maximum acceptable time to restore a system or data after a disaster, defining how quickly normal operations must resume.
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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