Which of the following responsibilities associated with a disaster recovery plan (DRP) can be outsourced to a Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) provider?

Stakeholder communications during a disaster are a critical management function that requires specific business context and communication strategy, which typically remains with the organization.

Validation of recovered data requires business-specific knowledge to ensure data integrity and functionality, making it a responsibility that generally remains with the organization.

DRaaS providers specialize in maintaining the necessary infrastructure and executing the technical steps required to recover systems and applications in a disaster scenario. This often includes provisioning virtual machines, restoring data from backups, and bringing applications online according to predefined recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) established in the DRP, thereby executing the system recovery procedures.

While a DRaaS provider might facilitate data replication, the processes for defining and ensuring the currency of data (e.g., RPO settings, data synchronization frequency) are strategic decisions that belong to the organization.