Chapter 12 - Disaster Recovery and Incident Response Flashcards
What is Business Continuity in a nut shell?
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Having a backup plan when a key component is missing, absent, or failure, and the business continues.
What is the process of implementing policies, controls and procedures to counteract the effects of losses, outages or failures of critical business processes?
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Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
What are the two key components of BCP?
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Rick Assessment
What are some good reasons to have backups?
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Accidental deletion Application errors
Natural disasters Physical attacks
Server failure Virus infection
Workstation failure
What are sometimes referred to as shadows?
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Working copies
AT what temperature does paper catch fire?
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451 degrees Fahrenheit
What is an ideal medium for on-site storage?
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tape
What is the major component of a disaster recovery plan?
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access and storage information
What are the different types of Backups
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Describe the Grandfather, Father and Son Backup
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The most recent backup after a full backup is SON
As newer backup are made, the SON becomes the FATHER, in turn becomes the GRANDFATHER
- Annual Backup is referred to as GRANDFATHER
- Monthly Backup is referred to as FATHER
- Weekly Backup is referred to as SON
What is a backout?
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Is a reversion from a change that had negative consequences.
What is a Hot-Site?
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Is a location that can provide operations within hours of failure.
Often referred to as an active Active Backup Model
What is a Warm SIte?
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Provides some of the capabilities of a hot site, but it requires the customer to do more work to become operational
What is a Reciprocal Agreement?
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An agreement between 2 companies to provide services in the event of an emergency
What is a Cold Site?
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Is a facility that isn’t ready for use, the organization using it must bring along its equipment and network.