From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 6 Security Assessment and Testing
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Disaster recovery sites
From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 6 Security Assessment and Testing
Disaster recovery sites
- [Instructor] During a disaster, organizations may need to shift their computing functions from their primary data center to an alternate facility designed to carry the load when the primary site is unavailable or non-functioning. Disaster recovery sites are alternate processing facilities that are specifically designed for this purpose. Most of the time, they sit idle waiting to step in when an emergency situation arises. There were three main types of alternate processing facility: hot sites, cold sites, and warm sites. Hot sites are the premier form of disaster recovery facility. They are fully operational data centers that have all the equipment and data required to handle operations ready to run. Technology staff can activate the hot site at a moment's notice, and in many cases, the hot site will activate itself if the primary site fails. This provides an unparalleled level of redundancy, but it also comes at…
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