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CISM · Question #183

The PRIMARY purpose of the recovery phase in incident response is to:

The correct answer is C. restore services to the point defined in the organization's business continuity plan (BCP). The recovery phase focuses on restoring affected systems and services back to normal operations, and the target state is defined by the organization's own Business Continuity Plan (BCP), which specifies recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Root…

Submitted by emma.c· Apr 18, 2026Information Security Incident Management

Question

The PRIMARY purpose of the recovery phase in incident response is to:

Options

  • Aidentify and remove the root cause of an incident.
  • Bidentify and document the lessons learned from an incident.
  • Crestore services to the point defined in the organization's business continuity plan (BCP).
  • Drestore services to the point defined in the leading industry control framework.

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • C
    90% (26)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

The recovery phase focuses on restoring affected systems and services back to normal operations, and the target state is defined by the organization's own Business Continuity Plan (BCP), which specifies recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Root cause identification and removal (A) occurs in the eradication phase. Lessons learned (B) belong to the post-incident review phase. Restoring to an industry control framework standard (D) is not the purpose - recovery targets are set by the organization's BCP, not external frameworks.

Topics

#Incident Response#Recovery Phase#Business Continuity Plan#Service Restoration

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