Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The maximum amount of time a business or organization can afford to be without a specific IT service or system after a disaster or outage. It is used in business continuity and disaster recovery planning. Examples include a company’s RTO for their email system being 12 hours, their database system being 24 hours, and their web server being 36 hours.
Categories: CC D2: BC - DR and Incident Response Concepts | CCSP D3: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security | CISM D4: Incident Management | CISSP D7: Security Operations | Security+ D5: Security Program Management and Oversight | SSCP D4: Incident Response and Recovery
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