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The following glossary of terms relate specifically to Business Continuity.  

We currently are developing a great module that will hold our glossory such as below:-

Terms in conjunction with BSI 25999 (draft paper)

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Reciprocal agreement

An agreement in which two parties agree to allow the other to use their site, resources or facilities during a disaster

 

Recovery

See system recovery.

 

Recovery exercise

An announced or unannounced execution of business continuity plans intended to implement existing plans and/or highlight the need for additional plan development. (Associated terms: disaster recovery test, disaster recovery exercise, recovery test, recovery exercise)

 

Recovery management team

A team of people, assembled in an emergency, who are charged with recovering an aspect of the enterprise, or obtaining the resources required for the recovery.

 

Recovery plan

A plan to resume a specific essential operation, function or process of an enterprise. Traditionally referred to as a disaster recovery plan (DRP).

 

Recovery site

A designated site for the recovery of computer or other operations, which are critical to the enterprise.

 

Recovery strategy

A pre-defined, pre-tested, management approved course of action to be employed in response to a business disruption, interruption or disaster.

 

Recovery team

A group of individuals given responsibility for the co-ordination and response to an emergency or recovering a process or function in the event of a disaster.

 

Recovery Window

The time scale within which time sensitive function or business units must be restored, usually determined by means of a business impact analysis.

 

Resilience

The ability of a system or process to absorb the impact of component failure and continue to provide an acceptable level of service.

 

Response

The reaction to an incident or emergency in order to assess the level of containment and control activity required.

 

Restart

The procedure or procedures that return applications and data to a known start point. Application restart is dependent upon having an operable system.

 

Restoration

The process of planning for and implementing full scale business operations which allow the organisation to return to a normal service level.

 

Resumption

The process of planning for and/or implementing the recovery of critical business operations immediately following an interruption or disaster.

 

Risk appetite

total amount of risk that an organization is prepared to accept, tolerate, or be exposed to at any point in time

 

Risk assessment & management

The identification and evaluation of operational risks that particularly affect the enterprise's ability to function and addressing the consequences. overall process of risk identification, analysis and evaluation.

 

Risk management

structured application of management culture, policy, procedures, and practices to the tasks of analyzing, evaluating, and controlling risk.

 

Risk reduction or mitigation

The implementation of the preventative measures which risk assessment has identified.

 

RTO Recovery time objective.

target time set for resumption of product, service or activity delivery after an incident
Note. The recovery time objective has to be less than the maximum tolerable period of disruption.