During an IS audit of the disaster recovery plan (DRP) of a global enterprise, the auditor observes that some remote offices have very limited local IT resources. Which of the following observations would be the MOST critical for the IS auditor?
A. A test has not been made to ensure that local resources could maintain security and service standards when recovering from a disaster or incident.
B. The corporate business continuity plan (BCP) does not accurately document the systems that exist at remote offices.
C. Corporate security measures have not been incorporated into the test plan.
D. A test has not been made to ensure that tape backups from the remote offices are usable.
the answer is A.
A. Regardless of the capability of local IT resources, the most critical risk would be the lack of testing, which would identify quality issues in the recovery process.
B. The corporate business continuity plan (BCP) may not include disaster recovery plan (DRP) details for remote offices. It is important to ensure that the local plans have been tested.
C. Security is an important issue because many controls may be missing during a disaster. However, not having a tested plan is more important.
D. The backups cannot be trusted until they have been tested. However, this should be done as part of the overall tests of the DRP.
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