BCP is a strategy to minimize the consequence of the instability and to allow for the continuation of
business processes. The goal of BCP is to
minimize the effects of a disruptive event on a company, and is formed to avoid interruptions to
normal business activity.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the creation and validation of a practiced logistical plan for how
an organization will recover and restore
partially or completely interrupted critical (urgent) functions within a predetermined time after a
disaster or extended disruption. The logistical
plan is called a business continuity plan.
Answer B is incorrect. A contingency plan is a plan devised for a specific situation when things could
go wrong. Contingency plans are
often devised by governments or businesses who want to be prepared for anything that could
happen. Contingency plans include specific
strategies and actions to deal with specific variances to assumptions resulting in a particular
problem, emergency, or state of affairs. They also
include a monitoring process and "triggers" for initiating planned actions. They are required to help
governments, businesses, or individuals to
recover from serious incidents in the minimum time with minimum cost and disruption.
Answer C is incorrect. Disaster recovery planning is a subset of a larger process known as business
continuity planning and should
include planning for resumption of applications, data, hardware, communications (such as
networking), and other IT infrastructure. A business
continuity plan (BCP) includes planning for non-IT related aspects such as key personnel, facilities,
crisis communication, and reputation
protection, and should refer to the disaster recovery plan (DRP) for IT-related infrastructure
recovery/continuity.
Answer A is incorrect. The Continuity Of Operation Plan (COOP) refers to the preparations and
institutions maintained by the United
States government, providing survival of federal government operations in the case of catastrophic
events. It provides procedures and
capabilities to sustain an organization's essential. COOP is the procedure documented to ensure
persistent critical operations throughout any
period where normal operations are unattainable.
