1. The set of controls designed to keep a business running in the face of adversity, whether natural or man-made 2. Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP)
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Business Continuity Planning (BCP) (Focus)
1. Keep business operations running 2. Primary control that supports the security objective of Availability
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BCP Scope
1. What business activities will the plan cover 2. What systems will it cover 3. What controls will it consider
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BCP (Cloud)
Business continuity planning in the cloud requires collaboration between providers and customers.
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Business Continuity Controls
1. Redundancy 2. Single Point of Failure Analysis (SPOF) 3. Succession planning
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Redundancy
Protects against the failure of a single component
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Single Point of Failure Analysis (SPOF)
continues until the cost of addressing risks outweighs the benefit
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Succession planning
When someone leaves the organization have a replacement or successor ready for that position.
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High Availability
Uses multiple systems to protect against service failure
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Fault Tolerance
Makes a single system resilient against technical failures
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Load Balancing
1. Spreads demand across systems 2. Different than High Availability (They have different goals)