Module 14 · Disaster Recovery — RTO, RPO, Tabletop

Manish Garg
Manish Garg Associate of (ISC)² · RingSafe
Apr 27, 2026
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Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Backups are the last line. They are also the prime target — modern ransomware encrypts backups before triggering payload. DR design must assume backups are attacker-accessible.

Backups are the last line. They are also the prime target — modern ransomware encrypts backups before triggering payload. DR design must assume backups are attacker-accessible.

RTO and RPO defined

  • RTO (Recovery Time Objective) — how long you can be down
  • RPO (Recovery Point Objective) — how much data you can lose

Per-system RTO/RPO. Critical: minutes / no data loss. Tier-3: days / 24h data loss.

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