What is the first stage used to identify a risk that could cause a disaster ?
Risk analysis
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Example of a disaster to an organisation
cyber-attack, power failure or a natural disaster
Name every chapter in our IT SA portion
Ans
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Memories
Name the 4 stages of identifying a risk
Risk analysis
Perpetrator analysis
Risk testing
Quantifying the risk
In which stage does the organisation identify who they think could be a perpetrator that could cause a disaster to occur.
Perpetrator analysis
How can one restore data and resources
the restoration of data from back-ups
the re-installation of software
replacement or repair of hardware.
Advantage of perpetrator analysis
Resources targeted at most likely threats
Better allocation of security budgets
Improved disaster recovery planning
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Define MTD
maximum tolerable downtime is the maximum time that each part of the organisation could tolerate not having access to the essential parts of a network that they require.
Define RTO
recover time objective, is the estimated maximum amount of time in which an organisation has in which to recover its network and resume operations.
What are 3 plans or strategies that could be tested in Risk Testing
restoration of data
replacement of hardware
reinstallation of software
emergency evacuation of offices
emergency protection methods for data.
3 methods to prevent against other disasters that could occur.
Power surge protection devices
A back-up generator
Back-ups of data could be stored in fire and flood proof cases
Policies and procedures should be developed
Cloud computing could be used as a back-up
What was the GitLab Database Deletion
300 GB of live customer production data vanished, leaving only 4.5 GB before the command could be aborted. The entire GitLab.com service immediately crashed. The administrator executed a command to wipe an empty data directory.