From the course: Cert Prep: ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
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Test BC/DR plans
From the course: Cert Prep: ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
Test BC/DR plans
- [Instructor] Disaster recovery plans are crucial to ensuring the continuity of business operations. As with any security control, they should be tested to ensure that they function properly, and they'll be ready to restore business operations in the event of a disruption. Each test of a disaster recovery plan has two goals. First, it validates the plan functions correctly, and that the technology will work in the event of a disaster. Second, it provides an opportunity to identify necessary updates to the plan due to technology or business process changes. Let's talk about five types of disaster recovery testing, read-throughs, walk-throughs, simulations, parallel tests, and full interruption tests. Read-throughs are the simplest form of disaster recovery testing. They're also known as checklist reviews. In this approach, disaster recovery staff distribute copies of the current plan to all personnel involved in disaster…
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