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Difficulty: MediumBusiness Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Management

An organization is defining service continuity metrics for its cloud-hosted human resources application during a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). Executive management mandates that in the event of a storage array failure, the system must be fully restored and operational within 6 hours, and data loss must not exceed 30 minutes of transactions. Which metric directly defines the 30-minute data loss threshold?

  1. Recovery Point Objective (RPO)Answer
  2. B
    Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
  3. C
    Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
  4. D
    Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Answer

Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the targeted duration of time between two backups that specifies the maximum allowable data loss caused by a major disruption. In this scenario, the 30-minute threshold represents the RPO.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the metric constraint given in the scenario regarding data loss
The scenario highlights a maximum data loss limit of 30 minutes of transactions.
Business Impact Analysis metrics distinguish data loss limits from system restoration speed.
2
Map the data loss timeframe constraint to standard business continuity metrics
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) specifically dictates the maximum acceptable interval of data lost due to a disruption.
RPO dictates backup frequency requirements so data loss does not exceed the target period.

Key Concept

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) vs. Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
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Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Management

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