A company's security team is reviewing its business continuity plan and must determine the amount of time needed for operations to resume after a disaster. Which of the following describes the time…

The correct answer is A. Recovery time objective. RTO is the maximum acceptable downtime: the target window within which systems and operations must be restored after a disruption. When the team asks “how long until we’re back up?”, they’re defining the RTO.

Submitted by viktor_hu· Mar 6, 2026Security program management and oversight

Question

A company’s security team is reviewing its business continuity plan and must determine the amount of time needed for operations to resume after a disaster. Which of the following describes the time frame the security team is trying to determine?

Options

ARecovery time objective
BRecovery point objective
CMean time between failures
DMean time to repair

How the community answered

(39 responses)

A
87% (34)
B
5% (2)
C
5% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

RTO is the maximum acceptable downtime: the target window within which systems and operations must be restored after a disruption. When the team asks “how long until we’re back up?”, they’re defining the RTO.

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