CISSP Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery

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1. How frequently should a company's insurance be reviewed?
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Annually
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


2. Why do you need a combination of consultants and employees on the BCP team?
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
The outage time that can be endured by a company
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


3. Redundant Site
Backup all the files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. this process sets the archive bit to 0
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
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation


4. Calling Tree
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
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
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up


5. What are the steps of a BIA?

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6. 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?
Contact the local authorities
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
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 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)


7. 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 promise that a service will be fulfilled within a certain timeframe
A leased or rented facility that supplies the basic environment - electrical wiring - air conditioning - plumbing and flooring - but none of the equipment or additional services. It may take weeks to get the site activated and ready for work. This is
The primary and secondary copies are always in sync - which provides true real-time duplication


8. Once the project plan is completed - what should be done before further steps are taken?
Present it to management for written approval
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
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
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


9. Damage Assessment Team
Establishes senior management and a headquarters after a disaster. outlines roles and authorities - orders of succession - and individual role tasks
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones
Management 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


10. What are the three main types of leased or rented offsite facilities?
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
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
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
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site


11. What is one of the best ways to work through the details of a BIA?
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up
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 needs to ensure the safety of employees - It needs to ensure an adequate environment is provided (power - facility infrastructure - water - HVAC) - It needs to ensure that the necessary equipment and supplies are present and in working order - It
Present it to management for written approval


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


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

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14. Differential Backup
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
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value
A type of facility-backup option where the back of a large truck or a trailer is turned into a data processing or working area (typically used by military organizations and large insurance companies)
It should be far enough away from the original site so one disaster does not take out both locations... alternate facilities should be at a bare minimum at least five miles away from the primary site - while 15 miles is recommended for most low-to-me


15. Remote Journaling
65%
Annually
When the power goes on the computers - it's also going to go out for the phones
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


16. Reconstitution Phase
Backing up business data to tapes that are then manually transferred to an offsite facility by a courier or an employee... with automatic tape vaulting - the data are sent over a serial line to a backup tape system at the offsite facility. Electronic
When it is time for the company to move back into its original site or a new site
Reduce the risk of financial loss by improving the company's ability to recover and restore operations
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


17. Why does Insurance exist?

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

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19. Electronic Vaulting

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20. What tasks should the BCP team carry out and have addressed in the resulting plan?
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Copies of the BCP are distributed to the different departments and functional areas for review
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
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time


21. Business Resumption Plan
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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
The primary and secondary data volumes are only a few milliseconds out of sync - so the replication is nearly real-time
Focuses on how to re-create the necessary business processes that need to be reestablished instead of focusing on IT components


22. Especially in a software development environment - what should be backed up?
Object code - source code - libraries - patches and fixes
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
Hot Site - Warm Site - Colde Site
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected


23. Disaster Recovery Plan
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
Management support
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
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 -


24. What does the BCP team need to understand about critical business processes?
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
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
Representatives from each department or functional area come together to over the plan to ensure its accuracy


25. What is the main goal of business continuity?
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
Contact the local authorities
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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


26. Full Backup
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
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
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
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


27. Disk Mirroring
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
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
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
Management support


28. Cyber Incident Response Plan
Focuses on malware - hackers - intrusions - attacks - and other security issues. outlines procedures for incident response
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
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 -
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 -


29. When should a company be prepared to interface with the press - customers - shareholders - and civic officials after a crisis?
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
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
Before too many people come to their own conclusions about the company and begin to start false rumors
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


30. Occupant Emergency Plan
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
Establishes personnel safety and evacuation procedures
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)
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 -


31. Emergency Response Procedures
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!
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
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


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

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33. When should a Damage Assessment Team change into Recovery mode?
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) -
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
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
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


34. What are the different types of recovery plans?
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines
Business Resumption Plan - Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) - IT Contingency Plan - Crisis Communications Plan - Cyber Incident Response Plan - Disaster Recovery Plan
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
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. What are some of the characteristics you should look at when creating a BIA?
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
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Maximum tolerable downtime - Operational disruption and productivity - Financial considerations - Regulatory responsibilities - Reputation
Use scenario-based exercises as a group to see what issues might crop up


36. Crisis Communications Plan
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
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
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


37. Disk Shadowing
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
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
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 file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created


38. How do we know which data have changed and need to be backed up without having to look at every file's modification date?
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
To resume business as quickly as possible - spending the least amount of money
The file system sets the archive bit of the file to 1 when a file is modified or created
Provides methods and procedures for dealing with longer-term outages and disaster.


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

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40. Where does the Recovery Time Objective sit on a chart that keeps track of cost and time?
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
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
At the intersection of the cost of disruption and the cost to recover


41. Business Process
Contact the local authorities
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
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application


42. What should an organization do to assure that they will always be able to get some kind of support for their specialized and critical applications (even in the event that the software vendor goes out of business)?

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43. What are some appropriate and cost-effective preventative methods to better fortify a company from the impacts recognized in the 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
The employees who carry out the most critical functions of the company who must be put back to work first
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 -
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


44. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Required roles - Required resources - Input and output mechanisms - Workflow steps - Required time for completion - How they interface with other processes
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
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 -
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


45. Who should be responsible for notifying the appropriate authorities and who would those authorities be?
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
They should make sure there are at least two copies of the company's operating system and critical applications
One person should be responsible... the authorities are the police department - security guards - fire department - emergency rescue - and management
Back up the files that have been modified since the LAST FULL BACKUP. this process does not change the archive bit value


46. What is the general structure of a BCP?
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 -
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
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
Objective-to-task mapping - Resource-to-task mapping - Milestones - Budget estimates - Success factors - Deadlines


47. What are the BCP team's responsibilities with regards to BCP planning?
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
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
The least critical functions... it ensures that the critical operations of the company are not negatively affected
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 -


48. Tape Vaulting
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
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
Backing up business data to tapes that are then manually transferred to an offsite facility by a courier or an employee... with automatic tape vaulting - the data are sent over a serial line to a backup tape system at the offsite facility. Electronic
The 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


49. IT Contingency Plan
65%
Plan for systems - networks - and major applications recovery procedures after disruptions. a contingency plan should be developed for each major system and application
Each disk would have a corresponding mirrored disk that contains the exact same information
An estimate of how long it will take to fix a piece of equipment and get it back into production


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