DRJ Glossary of Business Continuity Terms
Glossaries
Term | Definition |
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Recovery Time Achieved |
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Recovery Time Capability (RTC) | |
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) |
The period of time within which systems, applications, or functions must be recovered after an outage. RTO includes the time required for: assessment, execution and verification. The period of time following an incident within which a product or service or an activity must be resumed, or resources must be recovered. |
Recovery Timeline |
The sequence of recovery activities, or critical path, which must be followed to resume an acceptable level of operation following a business interruption. |
Redundancy |
In human resource terms, redundancy can be used to mean the provision of delegates or alternates for key employees or Incident/Crisis Management Team members. |
Regulatory |
Similar to Legislative or Statutory but usually rules imposed by a regulator rather than through direct government legislation. |
Replication |
A continuity and recovery strategy where resources are copied to a dormant site, only being brought into live operations after an incident. |
Requirement |
A need or expectation that is stated, generally implied or obligatory. |
Residual Risk |
The level of risk remaining after all cost-effective actions have been taken to lessen the impact, probability and consequences of a specific risk or group of risks, subject to an organization's risk appetite. |
Resilience |
The process and procedures required to maintain or recover critical services such as ?remote access? or ?end-user support? during a business interruption. |
Resilient |
The ability of an organization to absorb the impact of a business interruption, and continue to provide a minimum acceptable level of service. |
Resources | |
Response | |
Rest Centre |
A building taken over by the Local Authority for the temporary accommodation of evacuees |
Restart |
The procedure or procedures that return applications and data to a known start point. |