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CISSP Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery

Subjects : certifications, it-skills, cissp

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Hot Site
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
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 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
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes

2. Restoration Team
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
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
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
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

3. What are some examples of teams a company may need to construct - train - and have available in the event of a disaster?
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
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
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
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

4. Salvage Team
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
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

5. What are some reasons why BCPs become outdated?

6. What is the main limitation of insurance coverage?

7. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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
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
Annually

8. Where does the Recovery Time Objective sit on a chart that keeps track of cost and time?
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
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover

9. Incremental Backup
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
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
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
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

10. Checklist Test (Deckcheck Test)
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
After it has been tested
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review

11. Damage Assessment Team
Present it to management for written approval
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
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
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

12. Disk Mirroring
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
Management support
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

13. Reconstitution Phase
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
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
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site

14. What are some of the characteristics you should look at when creating a BIA?
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
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
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

15. Role of the Business Continuity Coordinator
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
Typically a copy is stored at the BCP coordinator's home - and another copy is stored at the offsite facility... when they are stored offsite - they need to be stored in a way that provides just as much protection as the primary site would provide
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
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

16. Full Backup
Present it to management for written approval
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
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
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more

17. Who should be responsible for notifying the appropriate authorities and who would those authorities be?
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
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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

18. Business Resumption Plan
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components

19. Once the project plan is completed - what should be done before further steps are taken?
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
Present it to management for written approval
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up

20. What are the three main types of leased or rented offsite facilities?
Annually
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
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
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) -

21. Skeleton Crew
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
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
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
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

22. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
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
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
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
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party

23. What are some of the things you have to consider when it comes to supply and tech 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
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data 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) -

24. What functions should be moved back first during the Reconstitution Phase?
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
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
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks

25. What format does management want to see in the BCP?
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 -
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
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
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

26. IT Contingency Plan
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.

27. Continuity Planning Policy Statement
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
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
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
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.

28. When should a Damage Assessment Team change into Recovery mode?
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
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
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components
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

29. As a general rule of thumb - how far away should a backup facility be from the main facility?
A type of policy in which the insurance company will pay for specified expenses and lost earnings in the event that a company is forced out of business for a certain length of time. another policy can be bought that insures accounts receivable - so i
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)
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
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site

30. Synchronous Replication
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
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
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application

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

32. What should the BCP team do in the recovery strategy stage?
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
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
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
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

33. If a company loses computing capabilities for a week - what is the chance they will go out of business (on average)?
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
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
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
65%

34. How are offsite backup facility contracts usually established?
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
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

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

36. Tape Vaulting
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
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
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous

37. Structured Walk-Through Test
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures

38. Disaster Recovery Plan
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
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!
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
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

39. What are the three main types of threats?
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
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
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more

40. Especially in a software development environment - what should be backed up?
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
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

41. What are some components required for the project plan?
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
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
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

42. Why do you need a combination of consultants and employees on the BCP team?
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
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
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
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

43. 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
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
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 -

44. What are the three types of disruptions that a facility can have and what does each mean?
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
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
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
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 -

45. Emergency Response Procedures
Annually
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!
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
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

46. Why does Insurance exist?

47. Executive Succession Planning
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application

48. Asynchronous Replication
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
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 re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components

49. Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
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 outage time that can be endured by a company
A type of policy in which the insurance company will pay for specified expenses and lost earnings in the event that a company is forced out of business for a certain length of time. another policy can be bought that insures accounts receivable - so i
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy

50. What are the steps of a BIA?