Business Continuity Planning and Documentation Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes a 'Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)'?
Answer: A comprehensive management framework encompassing policies, processes, plans, and governance for managing business continuity
A BCMS is the overarching management framework—encompassing policies, governance, processes, plans, and resources—through which an organization manages its business continuity capabilities, not just a software tool or recovery team.
What is the role of the 'Business Continuity Steering Committee' in a mature BCM program?
Answer: To provide executive sponsorship, strategic direction, and resource allocation decisions for the BCM program
A Business Continuity Steering Committee provides executive-level governance: strategic direction, organizational commitment, resource allocation, and accountability for the BCM program—it governs the program, not operationally executes it.
A 'recovery strategy' in BCP documentation MOST accurately refers to:
Answer: The pre-selected approach and resources for restoring a critical business function within its RTO
A recovery strategy is the pre-selected approach and associated resources for restoring a specific critical business function to minimum acceptable operating levels within its RTO—the operational plan for 'how we will recover this function.'
What is the function of an 'Emergency Operations Center (EOC)' in a business continuity response?
Answer: A physical or virtual command and coordination hub activated during incidents for centralized decision-making
An Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is a command and coordination hub—physical or virtual—that is activated during significant incidents to centralize decision-making, information flow, resource allocation, and coordination among response teams.
Which type of BCP documentation provides the most detailed, step-by-step instructions for specific recovery tasks?
Answer: Operational recovery procedures and run books
Operational recovery procedures and run books provide the most detailed, task-level step-by-step instructions for executing specific recovery actions—they are designed for practitioners who need precise guidance during recovery.
When documenting dependencies in a BCP, which type of dependency is MOST commonly overlooked?
Answer: Internal upstream business process dependencies
Internal upstream process dependencies—business functions that must be operational before a downstream function can operate—are frequently overlooked because they are less visible than technology or utility dependencies, yet their unavailability can prevent recovery of dependent functions.