ISC Contingency Management Practice Question
During a disaster recovery simulation for a hybrid cloud environment, you discover that the automated orchestration tool fails to restore dependencies in the correct order because the cloud provider's metadata tags were purged. What is the most effective administrative control to prevent this during a real event?
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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Enforce mandatory tagging policies using AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) or Azure Policy.
Maintaining configuration drift control and metadata persistence through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is essential for automated recovery.
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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Enforce mandatory tagging policies using AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) or Azure Policy.
Why this is correct
Policy-based enforcement ensures metadata persistence required for automated recovery orchestration.
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Increase the RTO buffer time in the Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Why it's wrong here
This is an accommodation, not a control to prevent the technical failure.
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Switch from automated restoration to manual snapshot-based restores.
Why it's wrong here
This increases RTO significantly and does not address the underlying issue of automation dependency.
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Implement a manual verification step in the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) documentation.
Why it's wrong here
Manual steps are prone to failure during a disaster and do not solve the automated tool failure.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official (ISC)² exam blueprint
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