Question

A security analyst is performing a BIA. The analyst notes that in a disaster, failover systems must be up and running within 30 minutes. The failover systems must use back up data that is no older than one hour. Which of the following should the analyst include in the business continuity plan?

A. A maximum MTTR of 30 minutes
B. A maximum MTBF of 30 minutes
C. A maximum RTO of 60 minutes
D. An SLA guarantee of 60 minutes

Answer 1

D. A maximum RPO of 60 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Note that an option is not included in this list of options.

The complete list of options is:

A. A maximum MTTR of 30 minutes

B. A maximum MTBF of 30 minutes

C. A maximum RTO of 60 minutes

D. A maximum RPO of 60 minutes

E. An SLA guarantee of 60 minutes

The Recovery Point Objective tells how old a backup file must be before it can be recovered by a system after failure.

Since the data in the failover systems described in this question must be backup and recovered after the failure, it will be important to include the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in the Business Continuity Plan.

Since the failover systems must use back up data that is no older than one hour, the backup of the system data must be done at intervals of 60 minutes or less. Meaning that the maximum RPO is 60 minutes.

Note that RPO is more critical than RTO in data backup