DEFINITION 01
Backup
A separate copy of data kept so it can be restored after loss, corruption, or disruption.
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DEFINITION 02
Board Cyber Oversight
Board cyber oversight is a board's governance of material cybersecurity risk through clear accountability, risk appetite, reporting, and follow-up.
DEFINITION 03
Business Continuity
The capability to continue essential operations during and after disruption.
DEFINITION 04
Business Impact Analysis
A business impact analysis identifies important activities and estimates the consequences of their interruption to set recovery priorities.
DEFINITION 05
Continuity Plan
A continuity plan documents how an organization will keep essential activities operating or restore them during a disruption.
DEFINITION 06
Crisis Communication
Crisis communication is the coordinated delivery of accurate, timely information to people affected by a major disruption or security incident.
DEFINITION 07
Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance is an insurance policy intended to cover specified financial losses or response costs arising from covered cyber events, subject to its terms.
DEFINITION 08
Disaster Recovery
The restoration of technology systems and data after a major disruptive event.
DEFINITION 09
Disaster Recovery Exercise
A disaster recovery exercise is a planned test of people, procedures, and systems used to restore technology after a disruptive event.
DEFINITION 10
Recovery Point Objective
Recovery point objective is the target point in time to which data must be recoverable after a disruption, expressing acceptable potential data loss.
DEFINITION 11
Recovery Time Objective
Recovery time objective is the target maximum time to restore a service or process after a disruption before the outage causes unacceptable impact.
DEFINITION 12
Security Awareness Training
Security awareness training teaches people how to recognize, avoid, and report security risks they may encounter in their work.
DEFINITION 13
Supply Chain Security
Supply chain security manages cyber risks introduced through products, software, services, and organizations an enterprise depends on.
DEFINITION 14
Third Party Risk
Third-party risk is the possibility that an external organization or service affects a business's security, operations, compliance, or customers.
DEFINITION 15
Vendor Risk
Vendor risk is the exposure created when a supplier's products, services, or practices can harm a customer's security or continuity.
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