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1. NIST Steps for Business Continuity
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
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
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


2. What functions should be moved back first during the Reconstitution Phase?
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
65%
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected


3. What should the BCP team do in the recovery strategy stage?
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
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
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


4. Cold Site
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
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
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


5. What are some of the things you have to consider when it comes to supply and tech recovery?
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
Network and computer equipment - Voice and data communications resources - Human Resources - Transportation of equipment and personnel - Environment issues (HVAC) - Data and personnel security issues - Supplies (paper - forms - cabling - and so on) -
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
A document that lays out the scope of the BCP project - the team member roles - and the goals of the project. it outlines what needs to be accomplished after the team communicates with management and comes to agreement on the terms of the project


6. What is the difference between preventive mechanisms and recovery strategies?
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
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
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
Annually


7. Structured Walk-Through Test
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
To minimize the effects of a disaster and to take the necessary steps to ensure that the resources - personnel - and business processes are able to resume operation in a timely manner. A disaster recovery plan is carried out when everything is still


8. What are the BCP team's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
Base it off of the probability of the threat becoming real and the loss potential. the goal is to make sure the insurance coverage fills in the gap of what the current preventative countermeasures cannot protect against
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 -
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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


9. Reconstitution Phase
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
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
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


10. Electronic Vaulting

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11. What are some reasons why BCPs become outdated?

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12. What is the main goal of business continuity?
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 resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery
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


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


14. Where does the Recovery Time Objective sit on a chart that keeps track of cost and time?
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
The outage time that can be endured by a company
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more
After it has been tested


15. Disk Duplexing
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
There is more than one disk controller - so if one fails - the other is ready and available
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 -
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


16. Especially in a software development environment - what should be backed up?
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
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
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes


17. Why do you need a combination of consultants and employees on the BCP team?
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!
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
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
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


18. How do you determine how much coverage to obtain?
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
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
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) -


19. What is the most critical part of establishing and maintaining a current continuity plan?
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
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
Management support


20. Tape Vaulting
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 -
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
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


21. Warm Site

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22. Skeleton Crew
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
The client pays a monthly fee to retain the right to use the facility in a time of need and then incurs a large activation fee when the facility actually has to be used... most recovery site contracts do not promise to house the company in need at a
Committing fully to the BCP - Setting policy and goals - Making available the necessary funds and resources - Taking responsibility for the outcome of the development of the BCP - Appointing a team for the process
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first


23. Disk Mirroring
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
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


24. Business Interruption Insurance
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery
1. Initiation Phase: goal statements - overview of concepts - roles and teams definitions - task definitions 2. Activation Phase: notification steps - damage assessment - plan activation 3. Recovery Phase: move to alternate site - restore processes -
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
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


25. Should the BCP team be responsible for setting up and maintaining the company's data classification procedures?
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
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
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


26. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
A promise that a service will be fulfilled within a certain timeframe
Annually
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


27. Checklist Test (Deckcheck Test)
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
A new type of coverage that insures losses caused by denial-of-service attacks - malware damages - hackers - electronic theft - privacy-related lawsuits and more


28. What does the BCP team need to understand about critical business processes?
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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


29. Why does Insurance exist?

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30. What are the steps of a BIA?

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31. What are the three main types of leased or rented offsite facilities?
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
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


32. Disk Shadowing
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
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
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
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


33. Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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
Preventive mechanisms are put into place to try to reduce the possibility of the company experiencing a disaster and - if a disaster does hit - to lessen the amount of damage that will take place - Recovery strategies are processes on how to rescue t
The outage time that can be endured by a company


34. Differential Backup
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
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
Base it off of the probability of the threat becoming real and the loss potential. the goal is to make sure the insurance coverage fills in the gap of what the current preventative countermeasures cannot protect against
The 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


35. Restoration Team
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
The outage time that can be endured by a company
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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


36. Continuity Planning
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
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.
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
1. Initiation Phase: goal statements - overview of concepts - roles and teams definitions - task definitions 2. Activation Phase: notification steps - damage assessment - plan activation 3. Recovery Phase: move to alternate site - restore processes -


37. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the BIA?
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 -
Management support
Computer systems - Personnel - Procedures - Tasks - Supplies - Vendor support
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


38. If a company loses computing capabilities for a week - what is the chance they will go out of business (on average)?
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
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
65%


39. Asynchronous Replication
Damage assessment team - legal team - media relations team - network recovery team - relocation team - restoration team - salvage team - security team - telecommunications team
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones
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


40. What are the three main types of threats?
No - but the team may recognize that the company is at risk because it does not have these procedures in place
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
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
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


41. What are the different types of recovery plans?
Identifying regulatory and legal requirements that must be met - Identifying all possible vulnerabilities and threats - Estimating the possibilities of these threats and the loss potential - Performing a BIA - Outlining which departments - systems -
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery 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
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


42. Simulation Test
Management support
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
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
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


43. What is the main reason to develop Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans?

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44. Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
Business process recovery - Facility recovery - Supply and technology recovery - User environment recovery - Data recovery
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
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
A promise that a service will be fulfilled within a certain timeframe


45. Synchronous Replication
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information


46. What are some components required for the project plan?
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
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
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


47. Who should be involved in the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans? In what part of the process?
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
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
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
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


48. 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?
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
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover
Contact the local authorities


49. What information should a BCP and DR goal contain?
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
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
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


50. What is the general structure of a BCP?
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Management support
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
1. Initiation Phase: goal statements - overview of concepts - roles and teams definitions - task definitions 2. Activation Phase: notification steps - damage assessment - plan activation 3. Recovery Phase: move to alternate site - restore processes -