CISSP Exam Cram™ 2

Chapter 9. Business Continuity Planning

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Disaster recovery plan

• Business continuity plan

• Hot site

• Warm site

• Cold site

• Contingencies

• Maximum tolerable downtime

• Remote journaling

• Electronic vaulting

• Disk shadowing

Techniques you'll need to master:

• The process and development of contingency plans

• Business impact analysis processes and procedures

• Backup procedures and alternatives

• BCP testing strategies

• Recovery strategies

Introduction

Much of the material you have read in this book has dealt with the ways in which security incidents can be prevented. The business continuity plan (BCP) and disaster-recovery plan (DRP) domains address what to do and how to respond when things go wrong. This chapter discusses how to preserve business operations ...