Failure of a contingency plan is usually:

The correct answer is B. A management failure. Failure of a contingency plan is usually a management failure. Management is responsible for approving, funding, testing, and maintaining contingency plans. Even if a plan is technically sound, it will fail if management does not allocate proper resources, enforce regular…

Submitted by alyssa_d· Apr 18, 2026Incident Response and Recovery

Question

Failure of a contingency plan is usually:

Options

AA technical failure.
BA management failure.
CBecause of a lack of awareness.
DBecause of a lack of training.

How the community answered

(40 responses)

A
3% (1)
B
88% (35)
C
8% (3)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Failure of a contingency plan is usually a management failure. Management is responsible for approving, funding, testing, and maintaining contingency plans. Even if a plan is technically sound, it will fail if management does not allocate proper resources, enforce regular testing and updates, or ensure organizational buy-in. Technical failures, lack of awareness, and lack of training can all be contributing factors, but these are themselves symptoms of management not fulfilling its oversight responsibilities - making management failure the root cause in most cases.

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#Contingency Planning#Management Responsibility#Business Continuity#Disaster Recovery

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