ISC S2

Question 1

What is Infrastructure Housing?

Answer 1

The facilities and the safeguards on those facilities that contain hardware, such as data centers or offices, are part of the broader IT infrastructure. Includes advanced security systems to monitor and control access. Also includes ventilation and climate control so equipment does not overheat.

Question 2

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Answer 2

A process that helps a business predict the consequences of a disruption and develop strategies to recover.

Question 3

What are the three impacts for a BIA?

Answer 3

High-impact
-cannot operate without this resource
-May experience a high recovery cost
-May fail to meet the organization’s objectives or maintain its reputation.

Moderate or medium-impact
-could partially function temporarily for a period of days or a week
-may experience some cost of recovery
-may fail to meet the organization’s objectives or maintain its reputation.

Low-impact
-could operate for an extended period of time
-may notice an effect on achieving the organization’s objectives or maintaining its reputation.

Question 4

What are the seven steps of BIA?

Answer 4

1) Establish the BIA approach
2) Identify Critical Resources
3) Define disruption impacts
4) Estimate losses
5) Establish recovery priorities
6) Create the BIA report
7) Implement BIA recommendations