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.



The FIRST step in developing a business continuity plan (BCP) is to: A. classify the importance ..

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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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