What is a business continuity plan (BCP)?
D4 · Operations · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701A BCP (Business Continuity Plan) is a comprehensive document that outlines how an organization will maintain or quickly resume critical business functions during and after a disaster — natural, technical, or human-caused.
BCP includes: BIA (Business Impact Analysis) — identifies critical functions and recovery priorities; recovery strategies; DR plan; communication plan; testing schedule.
Key metrics: RTO (Recovery Time Objective) — maximum acceptable downtime; RPO (Recovery Point Objective) — maximum acceptable data loss.
BCP includes: BIA (Business Impact Analysis) — identifies critical functions and recovery priorities; recovery strategies; DR plan; communication plan; testing schedule.
Key metrics: RTO (Recovery Time Objective) — maximum acceptable downtime; RPO (Recovery Point Objective) — maximum acceptable data loss.
BCP is broader than DRP. BCP = keeping the business running. DRP = recovering IT systems. BIA is done first to identify which systems have the lowest RTO/RPO (most critical). Know RTO vs RPO — they appear heavily on the exam.