Recovery Objectives - Category

1. This is the category for Recovery Objectives. The two most fundamental terms used are: Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Recovery Time Objective (RTO) In addition, these are some of the related terms that are used to describe the Recovery Objectives and tolerable downtime: Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO) Maximum Acceptable Outage Time (MAOT) Maximum Allowable Downtime (MAD) Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD) Minimum Business Continuity Objective (MBCO) Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD) Note: Too often, we see many terminologies on recovery objectives. It is observed that most of terms are variations from these two fundamental terms: Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). It is important to note that the other definitive are fairly similar and there is only a slight difference. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 3: Business Impact Analysis CL 1B: Foundation (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 3: Business Impact Analysis CL 1C: Foundation (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 3: Business Impact Analysis CL 1D: Foundation (DR) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)