The FIRST step in developing a business continuity plan
(BCP) is to:
A. classify the importance of systems.
B. establish a disaster recovery strategy.
C. determine the critical recovery time period.
D. perform a risk ranking.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
Determining the classification of systems is the foremost
step in a BCP exercise. Without determining the
classification of systems other steps cannot be performed.
Choices B, C and D are carried out later in the process.
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