Infrastructure & Systems
A duplicate system that can take over immediately in case of failure.
What is a Hot Site?
This team leads the response during a disaster.
What is the Incident Response Team?
This type of test simulates a full-scale disaster recovery scenario.
What is a Full Interruption Test?
This regulation requires financial institutions to have DR plans.
What is GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)?
This document outlines how an organization will recover IT systems after a disruption.
What is a Disaster Recovery Plan?
A backup facility that requires setup before use.
What is a Cold Site?
This plan ensures stakeholders are informed during a crisis.
What is a Crisis Communication Plan?
This test checks if backups can be restored successfully.
What is a Backup Restoration Test?
This standard provides a framework for business continuity management.
What is ISO 22301?
The process of identifying critical business functions and the impact of a disruption.
What is Business Impact Analysis?
This type of backup captures only changes since the last backup.
What is an Incremental Backup?
This role is responsible for activating the disaster recovery plan.
What is the Disaster Recovery Coordinator?
This frequency is recommended for reviewing and updating DR plans.
What is Annually?
This act mandates data protection and recovery for healthcare providers.
What is HIPAA?
This metric defines how much data loss is acceptable in a disaster.
What is Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
This system ensures continuous availability by distributing workloads.
What is Load Balancing?
This type of drill tests communication and coordination without real system impact.
What is a Tabletop Exercise?
This type of test involves walking through the DR plan without executing it.
What is a Walkthrough Test?
This document logs all DR activities and decisions during an incident.
What is an Incident Log?
This metric defines how quickly systems must be restored after a disaster.
What is Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?
This cloud model offers rapid scalability and disaster recovery options.
What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
This document lists key contacts and escalation paths.
What is a Call Tree?
This ensures that DR plans remain aligned with business changes.
What is Change Management?
This audit ensures DR plans meet regulatory and internal standards.
What is a Disaster Recovery Audit?
This type of analysis helps prioritize recovery efforts based on risk.
What is Risk Assessment?