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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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1. What are some components required for the project 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
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
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

2. Continuity Planning
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
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 -
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

3. 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
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
65%
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous

4. Warm Site

5. How can an organization keep the BCP up to date?
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
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 -
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
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

6. 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
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
After it has been tested
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first

7. Occupant Emergency Plan
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
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
It requires less resources and time
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It

8. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the BIA?
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
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 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
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery

9. What are the three main types of leased or rented offsite facilities?
65%
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
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 -
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site

10. Cold Site
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
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 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
After it has been tested

11. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
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
Annually
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time

12. Reconstitution Phase
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
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

13. If a company loses computing capabilities for a week - what is the chance they will go out of business (on average)?
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
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
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) -
65%

14. Why do you need a combination of consultants and employees on the BCP team?
Annually
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
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

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

16. Cyberinsurance
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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 promise that a service will be fulfilled within a certain timeframe
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

17. What is the main limitation of insurance coverage?

18. Business Impact Analysis (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
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
Annually

19. Calling Tree
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
Contact the local authorities
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 document that outlines who should be contacted in the event of a disaster - in what order - and who is responsible for doing the calling

20. Restoration Team
Responsible for getting the alternate site into a working and functioning environment. Needs to know how to install OSes - configure workstations and servers - string wiring and cabling - set up the network and configure networking services - and ins
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
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 estimated lifetime of a piece of equipment... calculated by the vendor of the equipment or a third party

21. At what point can a company have real confidence in a developed plan?
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
After it has been tested
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.

22. Business Process
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
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
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

23. Role of the Business Continuity Coordinator
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
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
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
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. When should a company be prepared to interface with the press - customers - shareholders - and civic officials after a crisis?
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
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 -

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

26. IT Contingency Plan
After it has been tested
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
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

27. What are some of the resources that would be required for individual business processes?
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
65%
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support

28. What are management's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
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
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) -
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
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

29. Electronic Vaulting

30. Business Resumption Plan
Company A agrees to allow company B to use its facilities if company B is hit by a disaster - and vice versa. This is a cheaper way to go than the other offsite choices - but is not always the best choice because most environments are maxed out perta
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components

31. How do we know which data have changed and need to be backed up without having to look at every file's modification date?
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) -
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
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

32. Disk Duplexing
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 data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available

33. Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
The outage time that can be endured by a company
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
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

34. What format does management want to see in the BCP?
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
After it has been tested
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
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

35. Cyber Incident Response Plan
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones
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
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
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 -

36. NIST Steps for Business Continuity
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones
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
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
Management support

37. Especially in a software development environment - what should be backed up?
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
They want information stated in monetary - quantitative terms - not in subjective - qualitative terms.
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management

38. What are loss criteria that can be applied to individual threats that were identified in the BIA?
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
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
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 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

39. What is one of the best ways to work through the details of a BIA?
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
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
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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) -

40. 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
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
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
The outage time that can be endured by a company

41. What does the BCP team need to understand about critical business processes?
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
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
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

42. Disaster Recovery Plan
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
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
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

43. Crisis Communications Plan
Contact the local authorities
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
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
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

44. What issues does a company need to look at when determining when it should move into Reconstitution Phase?
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
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
It needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It

45. Where does the Recovery Time Objective sit on a chart that keeps track of cost and time?
All data are backed up and saved to some type of storage media. backup and restoration processes are very simplistic and straightforward with this method
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover

46. What are the three main types of threats?
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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
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

47. Synchronous Replication
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
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
Management support
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication

48. Salvage Team
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
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
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
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

49. Incremental Backup
It's used when threats are identified that cannot be prevented. Taking on the full risk of these threats is often dangerous
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
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0

50. What are the steps of a BIA?