Which of the following recovery plans includes a monitoring process and triggers for initiating planned actions?

The correct answer is A. Contingency plan. A contingency plan is an operational plan that anticipates potential disruptions and defines specific conditions (triggers) under which predefined responses are activated, along with monitoring processes to detect when those triggers are met. A Business Continuity Plan (BCP)…

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AContingency plan
BBusiness continuity plan
CDisaster recovery plan
DContinuity of Operations Plan

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C
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D
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A contingency plan is an operational plan that anticipates potential disruptions and defines specific conditions (triggers) under which predefined responses are activated, along with monitoring processes to detect when those triggers are met. A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) focuses on keeping business functions running during a disruption. A Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) concentrates on restoring IT systems after a disaster. A Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is a government-centric plan for maintaining essential functions. The contingency plan's defining characteristic is its proactive monitoring and trigger-based activation mechanism.

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