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BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING

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What is Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in the context of banking?

BCP is a proactive process that ensures critical business functions can continue during and after a disaster or disruption, minimizing operational losses and maintaining customer service delivery.

What is the primary objective of a Business Continuity Plan in banking?

Ensure critical banking operations continue during disruptions.

What is the primary difference between Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning?

BCP focuses on maintaining all critical business operations during a disruption, while DRP specifically addresses the recovery of IT systems, data, and infrastructure after a disaster.

What is a Tier 1 data center in the context of disaster recovery infrastructure?

Basic site with no redundancy and 99.671% uptime guarantee.

What does RTO stand for, and why is it critical in disaster recovery?

RTO stands for Recovery Time Objective, which defines the maximum acceptable time within which a business process must be restored after a disaster to avoid unacceptable consequences.

What is a Tier 4 data center and what uptime does it guarantee?

Fully fault-tolerant site guaranteeing 99.995% uptime.

What does RPO stand for in the context of disaster recovery?

RPO stands for Recovery Point Objective, which defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time — essentially, how old the recovered data can be after a disaster.

What is the difference between a primary site and a secondary site in BCP?

Primary is main operations; secondary serves as backup location.

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