CISSP Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the most critical part of establishing and maintaining a current continuity plan?
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
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 -
Management support
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value


2. Warm Site

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3. What is the goal of Disaster Recovery?
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
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
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
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


4. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the BIA?
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
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
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 -
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


5. What are the different types of recovery plans?
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
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
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan


6. Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
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
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
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production


7. Reconstitution Phase
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
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
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


8. In terms of software backups - what should your BCP team address?

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9. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
Annually
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


10. Should the BCP team be responsible for setting up and maintaining the company's data classification procedures?
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place


11. What tasks should the BCP team carry out and have addressed in the resulting plan?
Annually
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
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
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


12. What is the difference between preventive mechanisms and recovery strategies?
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
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
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


13. Checklist Test (Deckcheck Test)
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
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


14. Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
A facility that is leased or rented and is fully configured and ready to operate within a few hours... the only missing resources are usually the data - which will be retrieved from a backup site - and the people who are processing the data. The equi
The outage time that can be endured by a company
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected


15. What are some of the things you have to consider when it comes to supply and tech recovery?
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) -
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
When it detects danger to human life - When it detects danger to state or national security - When it detects damage to the facility - When it detects damage to critical systems
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


16. What are some reasons why BCPs become outdated?

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17. Salvage Team
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
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
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
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.


18. IT Contingency Plan
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
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
When it detects danger to human life - When it detects danger to state or national security - When it detects damage to the facility - When it detects damage to critical systems


19. What are the three main types of threats?
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
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
Prepared actions that are developed to help people in a crisis situation better cope with the disruption. Protection of life is of the utmost importance and should be dealt with first before looking to save material objects!
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available


20. Calling Tree
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
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
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 -
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


21. Full-Interruption Test
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
65%
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
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


22. Where should the business continuity and disaster recovery plans be stored when they're completed?

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23. What are some examples of teams a company may need to construct - train - and have available in the event of a disaster?
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
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
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


24. Crisis Communications Plan
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
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
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
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications


25. Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
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
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected


26. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
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
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
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


27. At what point can a company have real confidence in a developed plan?
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
After it has been tested
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
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


28. What should the BCP team do in the recovery strategy stage?
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
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
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
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes


29. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
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
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
Contact the local authorities


30. Business Resumption Plan
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
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components
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
Present it to management for written approval


31. Synchronous Replication
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
Contact the local authorities
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
Prepared actions that are developed to help people in a crisis situation better cope with the disruption. Protection of life is of the utmost importance and should be dealt with first before looking to save material objects!


32. Why do you need a combination of consultants and employees on the BCP team?
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 -
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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
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


33. What information should a BCP and DR goal contain?
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
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
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
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


34. 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
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
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
Makes copies of files as they are modified and periodically transmits them to an offsite backup site. The transmission doesn't happen in real time but is carried out in batches


35. What are the BCP team's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
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 -
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery
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 -
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created


36. Who should be responsible for notifying the appropriate authorities and who would those authorities be?
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
Representatives from at least each of the following departments must be involved with not only the planning stages but also the testing and implementation stages: - Business Units - Senior Management - IT Department - Security Department - Communicat


37. Role of the Business Continuity Coordinator
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
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
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
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


38. How can an organization keep the BCP up to date?
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
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
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
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


39. Full Backup
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
After it has been tested
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
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


40. Reciprocal Agreement (Mutual Aid)
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
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


41. Why does Insurance exist?

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42. What issues does a company need to look at when determining when it should move into Reconstitution Phase?
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
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
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
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created


43. Once the project plan is completed - what should be done before further steps are taken?
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
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
Present it to management for written approval
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management


44. When should a Damage Assessment Team change into Recovery mode?
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
When it detects danger to human life - When it detects danger to state or national security - When it detects damage to the facility - When it detects damage to critical systems
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


45. Occupant Emergency Plan
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
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


46. What are loss criteria that can be applied to individual threats that were identified in the BIA?
Makes copies of files as they are modified and periodically transmits them to an offsite backup site. The transmission doesn't happen in real time but is carried out in batches
Representatives from at least each of the following departments must be involved with not only the planning stages but also the testing and implementation stages: - Business Units - Senior Management - IT Department - Security Department - Communicat
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
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


47. Differential Backup
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
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
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
Representatives from at least each of the following departments must be involved with not only the planning stages but also the testing and implementation stages: - Business Units - Senior Management - IT Department - Security Department - Communicat


48. Cyber Incident Response Plan
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
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


49. Continuity Planning Policy Statement
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
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
Present it to management for written approval
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


50. 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
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
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
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up