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BCP Disaster
Any accidental, natural or malicious event which disrupts normal operations or services for sufficient time to affect significantly, or to cause failure of, the service function.
Business Continuity
A disciplined process of practiced arrangements and procedures that enable an organization to recover from a severe interruption and protect time critical business functions.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
The process is a 7 step methodology that is used by the majority of organizations implementing a business continuity program with the associated plans.
Business Impact Assessment (BIA)
It is a data gathering tool that establishes the objectives for service delivery following an interruption.
Business (BOD)
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E

Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
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I

Incident Management
The process of managing a crisis event.
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Minimum Service Level (MSL)
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Recovery Point Objectives (RPO):
Point in time to which systems and data must be recovered following an incident.
Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
Period of time within which processes, functions, or operations must be recovered following an incident.
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Time-Critical
The specific point in time, after a significant interruption, when the activities associated with a business function must be delivered.
i.e. 24 hours, 7 days, 15 day, 30 days
Threat & Risk Assessment (TRA)
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