Lesson 3: Implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Question 1

This is a collaborative effort to identify those systems and software that perform essential functions, meaning the organization cannot run without them. The identified systems and software must be further evaluated to understand their dependencies and interactions so that a prioritized list can be generated and used as the basis for the recovery plan.

Answer 1

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Question 2

What is the purpose of conducting a privacy impact assessment (PIA)?

Answer 2

A privacy impact assessment is conducted by an organization in order to determine where privacy data is stored and how that privacy data moves throughout an information system. It evaluates the impacts that may be realized by a compromise to the confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability of the data.