What is the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity?
A.
Disaster recovery deals with the actions that need to take place right after a
disaster, and business continuity deals with the actions that need to take place to
keep operations running over a longer period of time.
B.
Business continuity deals with the actions that need to take place right after a
disaster, and disaster recovery deals with the actions that need to take place to
keep operations running over a longer period of time.
C.
They are one and the same
D.
Disaster recovery deals with operations, and business continuity deals with
mitigating risks.
Explanation:
Disaster recovery has the goal of minimizing the effects of a disaster
and taking the necessary steps to ensure that the resources, personnel, and business
processes are able to resume operation in a timely matter. This is different from
business continuity planning, which deals with providing methods and procedures for
dealing with longer-term outages and disasters and keeping the company in business.