Operations
Disaster recovery exercise
Formal definition
Disaster recovery exercise is a charity operations term for reducing cyber and operational risk through preventative controls and tested recovery capability.
What this actually means for you
For day-to-day delivery, Disaster recovery exercise should be documented clearly and applied consistently; apply baseline security controls and rehearse restoration steps against defined recovery targets.
Example: At the next review checkpoint, Disaster recovery exercise is used in practice like this: access reviews remove stale accounts quarterly and backup restores are tested against RTO and RPO targets. Accountabilities are captured in team templates, reporting packs, and operating checklists.
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