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CISSP Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery

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1. What issues does a company need to look at when determining when it should move into Reconstitution Phase?
Data are dynamically created and maintained as images on two or more identical disks. this method is used to ensure the availability of data and to provide a fault-tolerant solution by duplicating hardware and maintaining more than one copy of the in
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It
Define essential business functions and supporting departments - Identify interdependencies between these functions and departments - Discover all possible disruptions that could affect the mechanisms necessary to allow these departments to function

2. IT Contingency Plan
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project
After it has been tested
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application

3. What are some of the things you have to consider when it comes to supply and tech recovery?
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method
Network and computer equipment - Voice and data communications resources - Human Resources - Transportation of equipment and personnel - Environment issues (HVAC) - Data and personnel security issues - Supplies (paper - forms - cabling - and so on) -
It has to figure out what the company needs to do to actually recover the items it has identified as being so important to the organization overall... the BIA provides the footprint
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones

4. What is one of the best ways to work through the details of a BIA?
The business continuity process isn't integrated into the change management process - infrastructure and environment changes occur - reorganization of the company - layoffs - or mergers occur - changes in hardware - software - and applications occur
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors

5. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
Make business continuity a part of every business decision - Insert the maintenance responsibilities into job description - Include maintenance in personnel evaluations - Perform internal audits that include disaster recovery and continuity documenta
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project

6. What tasks should the BCP team carry out and have addressed in the resulting plan?
It requires less resources and time
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method
Define essential business functions and supporting departments - Identify interdependencies between these functions and departments - Discover all possible disruptions that could affect the mechanisms necessary to allow these departments to function
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan

7. Continuity Planning Policy Statement
There is more risk for the organization because replacement systems won't be available... that's why many organizations have moved to commercial off the shelf (COTS) products. they want to make sure replacement is possible
A leased or rented facility that usually partially configured with some equipment (peripheral devices) - but not the actual computers... it's usually a hot site without the expensive equipment. This is the most widely-used model... it is less expensi
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project

8. What are the three main types of leased or rented offsite facilities?
Lead the BCP team and oversee the development - implementation - and testing of the continuity and disaster recovery plans... this person needs to have direct access to management and have the credibility and authority to carry out leadership tasks
After it has been tested
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project

9. Disk Duplexing
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
There is more risk for the organization because replacement systems won't be available... that's why many organizations have moved to commercial off the shelf (COTS) products. they want to make sure replacement is possible
Nondisaster: a disruption in service due to a device malfunction or failure - Disaster: an event that causes the entire facility to be unusable for a day or longer - Catastrophe: a major disruption that destroys the facility altogether --> requires b

10. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Includes getting critical systems to another environment while repair of the original facilities is under way - getting the right people to the right places - and performing business in a different mode until regular conditions are back in place
Data are dynamically created and maintained as images on two or more identical disks. this method is used to ensure the availability of data and to provide a fault-tolerant solution by duplicating hardware and maintaining more than one copy of the in
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones

11. As a general rule of thumb - how far away should a backup facility be from the main facility?
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
Focuses on how to recover various IT mechanisms after a disaster. whereas a contingency plan is usually for nondisasters - a disaster recover plan is for disasters that require IT processing to take place at another facility
It should be far enough away from the original site so one disaster does not take out both locations... alternate facilities should be at a bare minimum at least five miles away from the primary site - while 15 miles is recommended for most low-to-me

12. Redundant Site
Consultants are experts in the field and know the necessary steps - questions to ask - and issues to look for - and they can also offer general reasonable advice. In-house employees know their company intimately and have a full understanding of how c
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
One site is equipped and configured exactly like the primary site - which serves as a redundant environment. these sites are owned by the company and are mirrors of the original production environment... this is one of the most expensive backup facil
A leased or rented facility that supplies the basic environment - electrical wiring - air conditioning - plumbing and flooring - but none of the equipment or additional services. It may take weeks to get the site activated and ready for work. This is

13. Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
The client pays a monthly fee to retain the right to use the facility in a time of need and then incurs a large activation fee when the facility actually has to be used... most recovery site contracts do not promise to house the company in need at a
A document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling
A functional analysis in which a team collects data through interviews - workshops - and documentary sources; documents business functions - activities - and transactions (maybe in a set of flow charts); develops a hierarchy of business functions; an
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

14. How do we know which data have changed and need to be backed up without having to look at every file's modification date?
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
After it has been tested
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created

15. What format does management want to see in the BCP?
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
Manmade: arsonist - terrorist - a simple mistake - Natural: tornadoes - floods - hurricanes - or earthquakes - Technical: data corruption - loss of power - device failure - or loss of a data communications line
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks

16. When should a company be prepared to interface with the press - customers - shareholders - and civic officials after a crisis?
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first

17. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the BIA?
There is more risk for the organization because replacement systems won't be available... that's why many organizations have moved to commercial off the shelf (COTS) products. they want to make sure replacement is possible
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
A set of interrelated steps linked through specific decision activities to accomplish a specific task... business processes have starting and ending points and are repeatable
Fortification of the facility in its construction materials - redundant servers and communications links - power lines coming in through different transformers - redundant vendor support - purchasing of insurance - purchasing of UPS and generators -

18. What are the different types of recovery plans?
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan

19. What is the main goal of business continuity?
Identifying regulatory and legal requirements that must be met - Identifying all possible vulnerabilities and threats - Estimating the possibilities of these threats and the loss potential - Performing a BIA - Outlining which departments - systems -
Includes getting critical systems to another environment while repair of the original facilities is under way - getting the right people to the right places - and performing business in a different mode until regular conditions are back in place
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site

20. What is the general structure of a BCP?
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
1. Initiation Phase: goal statements - overview of concepts - roles and teams definitions - task definitions 2. Activation Phase: notification steps - damage assessment - plan activation 3. Recovery Phase: move to alternate site - restore processes -
Company A agrees to allow company B to use its facilities if company B is hit by a disaster - and vice versa. This is a cheaper way to go than the other offsite choices - but is not always the best choice because most environments are maxed out perta
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project

21. Business Resumption Plan
Company A agrees to allow company B to use its facilities if company B is hit by a disaster - and vice versa. This is a cheaper way to go than the other offsite choices - but is not always the best choice because most environments are maxed out perta
Lead the BCP team and oversee the development - implementation - and testing of the continuity and disaster recovery plans... this person needs to have direct access to management and have the credibility and authority to carry out leadership tasks
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components
Preventive mechanisms are put into place to try to reduce the possibility of the company experiencing a disaster and - if a disaster does hit - to lessen the amount of damage that will take place - Recovery strategies are processes on how to rescue t

22. Tape Vaulting
1. Develop the continuity planning policy statement 2. Conduct the business impact analysis (BIA) 3. Identify preventive controls 4. Develop recovery strategies 5. Develop the contingency plan 6. Test the plan and conduct training and exercises 7. Ma
Backing up business data to tapes that are then manually transferred to an offsite facility by a courier or an employee... with automatic tape vaulting - the data are sent over a serial line to a backup tape system at the offsite facility. Electronic
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks

23. Skeleton Crew
Base it off of the probability of the threat becoming real and the loss potential. the goal is to make sure the insurance coverage fills in the gap of what the current preventative countermeasures cannot protect against
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production

24. What should an organization do to assure that they will always be able to get some kind of support for their specialized and critical applications (even in the event that the software vendor goes out of business)?

25. Restoration Team
Responsible for getting the alternate site into a working and functioning environment. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and ins
Lead the BCP team and oversee the development - implementation - and testing of the continuity and disaster recovery plans... this person needs to have direct access to management and have the credibility and authority to carry out leadership tasks
Responsibility: each individual involved should have their responsibilities spelled out in writing and the tasks should be assigned to the individual most situated to handle it - Authority: you need to know what leaders are going to step up to the pl
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money

26. What is the most critical part of establishing and maintaining a current continuity plan?
Responsible for getting the alternate site into a working and functioning environment. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and ins
The most intrusive test to regular operations and business productivity. the original site is shut down - and processing takes place at the alternate site. this test takes a lot of planning and coordination but it can reveal many holes in the plan. f
Company A agrees to allow company B to use its facilities if company B is hit by a disaster - and vice versa. This is a cheaper way to go than the other offsite choices - but is not always the best choice because most environments are maxed out perta
Management support

27. Cold Site
A leased or rented facility that supplies the basic environment - electrical wiring - air conditioning - plumbing and flooring - but none of the equipment or additional services. It may take weeks to get the site activated and ready for work. This is
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
Responsible for getting the alternate site into a working and functioning environment. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and ins
Responsible for starting the recovery of the original site. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and install equipment and applicat

28. If a company loses computing capabilities for a week - what is the chance they will go out of business (on average)?
65%
Determines the cause of the disaster - Determines the potential for further damage - Identifies the affected business functions and areas - Identifies the level of functionality for the critical resources - Identifies the resources that must be repla
Focuses on how to recover various IT mechanisms after a disaster. whereas a contingency plan is usually for nondisasters - a disaster recover plan is for disasters that require IT processing to take place at another facility
Define essential business functions and supporting departments - Identify interdependencies between these functions and departments - Discover all possible disruptions that could affect the mechanisms necessary to allow these departments to function

29. Disk Mirroring
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
Loss in reputation and public confidence - Loss of competitive advantages - Increase in operational expenses - Violations of contract agreements - Violations of legal and regulatory requirements - Delayed income costs - Loss in revenue - Loss in pr
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components

30. Rolling Hot Site (Mobile Hot Site)
A type of facility-backup option where the back of a large truck or a trailer is turned into a data processing or working area (typically used by military organizations and large insurance companies)
A set of interrelated steps linked through specific decision activities to accomplish a specific task... business processes have starting and ending points and are repeatable
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
If the company does not practice due care - the insurance company may not be legally obligated to pay if a disaster hits... this is why it's important to read and understand the fine print

31. What should the BCP team do in the recovery strategy stage?
It has to figure out what the company needs to do to actually recover the items it has identified as being so important to the organization overall... the BIA provides the footprint
Done to ensure that the specific systems can actually perform adequately at the alternate offsite facility. some systems are moved to the alternate site and processing takes place. the results are compared with the regular processing that is done at
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy

32. Salvage Team
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It
Responsible for starting the recovery of the original site. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and install equipment and applicat
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available

33. Simulation Test
A document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
Includes internal and external communications structure and roles. identifies specific individuals who will communicate with external entities. contains predeveloped statements that are to be released
All employees who participate in operational and support functions - or their representatives - come together to practice executing the disaster recovery plan based on a specific scenario. the scenario is used to test the reaction of each operational

34. What is one of the big issues with VoIP and disaster recovery?

35. What are the steps of a BIA?

36. Remote Journaling
A method of transmitting data offsite - but it usually only includes moving the journal or transaction logs to the offsite facility - not the actual files. these logs contain the changes that have taken place to the individual files. Journaling is ef
Identifying regulatory and legal requirements that must be met - Identifying all possible vulnerabilities and threats - Estimating the possibilities of these threats and the loss potential - Performing a BIA - Outlining which departments - systems -
Responsibility: each individual involved should have their responsibilities spelled out in writing and the tasks should be assigned to the individual most situated to handle it - Authority: you need to know what leaders are going to step up to the pl
A type of facility-backup option where the back of a large truck or a trailer is turned into a data processing or working area (typically used by military organizations and large insurance companies)

37. What are management's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
Base it off of the probability of the threat becoming real and the loss potential. the goal is to make sure the insurance coverage fills in the gap of what the current preventative countermeasures cannot protect against
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method
Committing fully to the BCP - Setting policy and goals - Making available the necessary funds and resources - Taking responsibility for the outcome of the development of the BCP - Appointing a team for the process
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party

38. Executive Succession Planning
It requires less resources and time
Responsible for starting the recovery of the original site. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and install equipment and applicat
Determines the cause of the disaster - Determines the potential for further damage - Identifies the affected business functions and areas - Identifies the level of functionality for the critical resources - Identifies the resources that must be repla
The plans that determine the steps needed to protect the company in the event that a senior executive retires - leaves the company - or is killed. also details the people who would step in and assume responsibility

39. What is the goal of Disaster Recovery?
To minimize the effects of a disaster and to take the necessary steps to ensure that the resources - personnel - and business processes are able to resume operation in a timely manner. A disaster recovery plan is carried out when everything is still
65%
Fortification of the facility in its construction materials - redundant servers and communications links - power lines coming in through different transformers - redundant vendor support - purchasing of insurance - purchasing of UPS and generators -
Determines the cause of the disaster - Determines the potential for further damage - Identifies the affected business functions and areas - Identifies the level of functionality for the critical resources - Identifies the resources that must be repla

40. Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
The outage time that can be endured by a company
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures

41. What are some components required for the project plan?
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project
Since the software vendor provides its customers with only the compiled version of its applications - it's difficult for the customer to continue to use it if the vendor goes out of business. So the customer should set up a Software Escrow agreement
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method

42. Reconstitution Phase
Management support
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
Company A agrees to allow company B to use its facilities if company B is hit by a disaster - and vice versa. This is a cheaper way to go than the other offsite choices - but is not always the best choice because most environments are maxed out perta
1. Select individuals to interview for data gathering 2. Create data-gathering techniques (surveys - questionnaires - qualitative and quantitative approaches) 3. Identify the company's critical business functions 4. Identify the resources these funct

43. Incremental Backup
Includes internal and external communications structure and roles. identifies specific individuals who will communicate with external entities. contains predeveloped statements that are to be released
Preventive mechanisms are put into place to try to reduce the possibility of the company experiencing a disaster and - if a disaster does hit - to lessen the amount of damage that will take place - Recovery strategies are processes on how to rescue t
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

44. Continuity Planning
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Management support
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
A leased or rented facility that supplies the basic environment - electrical wiring - air conditioning - plumbing and flooring - but none of the equipment or additional services. It may take weeks to get the site activated and ready for work. This is

45. Asynchronous Replication
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production

46. Calling Tree
A document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
The business continuity process isn't integrated into the change management process - infrastructure and environment changes occur - reorganization of the company - layoffs - or mergers occur - changes in hardware - software - and applications occur
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place

47. What are the benefits of using the Differential or Incremental backup methods?
Data are dynamically created and maintained as images on two or more identical disks. this method is used to ensure the availability of data and to provide a fault-tolerant solution by duplicating hardware and maintaining more than one copy of the in
A leased or rented facility that supplies the basic environment - electrical wiring - air conditioning - plumbing and flooring - but none of the equipment or additional services. It may take weeks to get the site activated and ready for work. This is
It requires less resources and time
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It

48. What are some reasons why BCPs become outdated?

49. Parallel Test
A leased or rented facility that usually partially configured with some equipment (peripheral devices) - but not the actual computers... it's usually a hot site without the expensive equipment. This is the most widely-used model... it is less expensi
1. Develop the continuity planning policy statement 2. Conduct the business impact analysis (BIA) 3. Identify preventive controls 4. Develop recovery strategies 5. Develop the contingency plan 6. Test the plan and conduct training and exercises 7. Ma
A functional analysis in which a team collects data through interviews - workshops - and documentary sources; documents business functions - activities - and transactions (maybe in a set of flow charts); develops a hierarchy of business functions; an
Done to ensure that the specific systems can actually perform adequately at the alternate offsite facility. some systems are moved to the alternate site and processing takes place. the results are compared with the regular processing that is done at

50. Warm Site