Which of the following is a management process that provides a framework for promoting quick recovery and the capability for an effective response to protect the interests of its brand, reputation…

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Options

• ALog analysis
• BIncident handling
• CBusiness Continuity Management
• DPatch management

• A
  8% (2)
• C
  88% (21)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a holistic management process specifically designed to identify potential threats, build resilience, and establish frameworks for effective response and recovery - directly protecting an organization's brand, reputation, and stakeholder interests. It encompasses planning, preparation, and governance across the entire organization to ensure operations can continue or rapidly resume after disruption.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Log analysis is a technical, reactive activity focused on reviewing system/event records - it has no recovery or stakeholder protection framework.
• B. Incident handling is an operational, tactical process for responding to specific security events; it lacks the broader management framework and business protection scope BCM provides.
• D. Patch management is purely a vulnerability remediation process - it updates software but has nothing to do with organizational recovery or brand protection.

Memory tip: Think of BCM as the big picture management umbrella - if the question mentions brand, reputation, stakeholders, or quick recovery at an organizational level, the answer is Business Continuity Management. The word "continuity" itself signals long-term organizational survival, not a single technical task.

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