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Hemang Doshi
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Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
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Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

The RTO and RPO are crucial to designing a disaster recovery strategy. Hence, these two are extremely important aspects to understand from the exam perspective RTO.

The RTO is a measure of the organization’s tolerance to system downtime. In other words, the RTO is the extent of the acceptable system downtime. For example, an RTO of 2 hours indicates that an organization will not be overly impacted if its system is down for up to 2 hours.

RPO

The RPO is a measure of the organization’s tolerance to data loss. In other words, the RPO is the extent of acceptable data loss. For example, an RPO of 2 hours indicates that an organization will not be overly impacted if it loses data for up to 2 hours.

The following figure further explains each of them:

Figure 8.3: RTO and RPO

Figure 8.3: RTO and RPO

The following practical examples will help you better understand the preceding diagram:

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Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
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