Which of the following strategies is used to minimize the effects of a disruptive event on a company,
and is created to prevent interruptions to normal business activity?
A.
Disaster Recovery Plan
B.
Continuity of Operations Plan
C.
Contingency Plan
D.
Business Continuity Plan
Explanation:
BCP is a strategy to minimize the consequence of the instability and to allow for the continuation of
business processes. The goal of BCP is to minimize the effects of a disruptive event on a company,
and is formed to avoid interruptions to normal business activity.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the creation and validation of a practiced logistical plan for how
an organization will recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical (urgent) functions
within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption. The logistical plan is called a
business continuity plan.
Answer option C is incorrect. A contingency plan is a plan devised for a specific situation when things
could go wrong. Contingency plans are often devised by governments or businesses who want to be
prepared for anything that could happen. Contingency plans include specific strategies and actions
to deal with specific variances to assumptions resulting in a particular problem, emergency, or state
of affairs. They also include a monitoring process and “triggers” for initiating planned actions. They
are required to help governments, businesses, or individuals to recover from serious incidents in the
minimum time with minimum cost and disruption.
Answer option A is incorrect. Disaster recovery planning is a subset of a larger process known as
business continuity planning and should include planning for resumption of applications, data,
hardware, communications (such as networking), and other IT infrastructure. A business continuity
plan (BCP) includes planning for non-IT related aspects such as key personnel, facilities, crisis
communication, and reputation protection, and should refer to the disaster recovery plan (DRP) for
IT-related infrastructure recovery/continuity.