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Business Continuity Planning glossary

Terms used in Business Continuity Planning and its documentation.

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Terms used in Business Continuity Planning and its documentation.

TermMeaning
Business impact analysisAn assessment of each unit's critical processes, their dependencies and how quickly they must recover.
Recovery time objectiveThe time within which the business needs a process or application restored.
Recovery capabilityThe recovery time IT has recorded or shown in testing for an application or system.
Recovery gapWhere the recovery time the business needs is shorter than IT's recorded capability.
Tabletop exerciseA discussion-based exercise walking through a scenario and the plan's response.
Plan ownerThe person who keeps a unit's impact analysis and plan current.
Change requestA logged request to Moraph to change configuration, approved by your organization.
Configuration baselineThe approved set of questionnaires, templates, workflows and settings Moraph maintains for your program.
Cut-overThe date from which plans and records are maintained only in the platform.

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