CISSP Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery

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1. Synchronous Replication
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
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
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery
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


2. Redundant Site
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
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) -
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place


3. What is the difference between preventive mechanisms and recovery strategies?
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
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
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
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


4. What are the three main types of threats?
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)
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
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
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


5. Who should be responsible for notifying the appropriate authorities and who would those authorities be?
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
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management


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

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7. Electronic Vaulting

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8. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
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
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
Annually


9. Where does the Recovery Time Objective sit on a chart that keeps track of cost and time?
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
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


10. What is one of the big issues with legacy equipment and disaster recovery?

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11. Should the BCP team be responsible for setting up and maintaining the company's data classification procedures?
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous


12. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the BIA?
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
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 -
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 set of interrelated steps linked through specific decision activities to accomplish a specific task... business processes have starting and ending points and are repeatable


13. What are some of the resources that would be required for individual business processes?
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
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


14. Cyberinsurance
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
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
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 internal and external communications structure and roles. identifies specific individuals who will communicate with external entities. contains predeveloped statements that are to be released


15. How are offsite backup facility contracts usually established?
The outage time that can be endured by a company
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team


16. Disk Duplexing
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
Annually
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available


17. Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
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
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
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


18. 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
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
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


19. Reciprocal Agreement (Mutual Aid)
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
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
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover


20. Rolling Hot Site (Mobile Hot Site)
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
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 document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time


21. Restoration Team
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
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
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party


22. Executive Succession Planning
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
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
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application


23. What is the goal of Disaster Recovery?
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
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
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
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


24. Disk Shadowing
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
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
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
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


25. What issues does a company need to look at when determining when it should move into Reconstitution Phase?
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
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
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


26. Differential Backup
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review


27. Damage Assessment Team
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
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
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
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones


28. What is the main limitation of insurance coverage?

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29. What functions should be moved back first during the Reconstitution Phase?
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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
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
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team


30. Business Resumption Plan
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
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones


31. When should a Damage Assessment Team change into Recovery mode?
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 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
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
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)


32. Calling Tree
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 document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling
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
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


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


34. Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
Present it to management for written approval
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
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money


35. 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
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
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
Contact the local authorities


36. How should a team break down recovery strategies?
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
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
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
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery


37. As a general rule of thumb - how far away should a backup facility be from the main facility?
Management support
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review


38. Crisis Communications 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
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
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
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


39. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
The estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party
It requires less resources and time
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
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


40. What are loss criteria that can be applied to individual threats that were identified in the BIA?
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
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
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


41. Business Process
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
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
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
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


42. What are the BCP team's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
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
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 -


43. How do we know which data have changed and need to be backed up without having to look at every file's modification date?
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 -
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
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


44. How should a company - during the BIA phase - find out what the risks of its geographical location are? And how should they find out how to access emergency zones?
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
Contact the local authorities
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
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management


45. Especially in a software development environment - what should be backed up?
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
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
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes


46. Why does Insurance exist?

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47. What are some reasons why BCPs become outdated?

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48. Disaster Recovery Plan
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
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


49. What are the three types of disruptions that a facility can have and what does each mean?
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
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
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
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


50. Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-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