Which description best summarizes disaster recovery planning in the context of the EPD Pilot?

• A. Short-term IT patch management.
• B. Preparedness for catastrophic events, including data backups, alternate communication paths, and rapid restore procedures.
• C. Employee training programs unrelated to disaster recovery.
• D. Marketing strategy.

Answer: (B)

Disaster recovery planning is about preparing for catastrophic events and ensuring that data backups, alternative communication paths, and rapid restoration procedures are in place to get critical systems back online quickly. In the EPD Pilot, this means safeguarding data so you can recover it, keeping communication channels available even if primary networks fail, and having clear steps to restore systems fast after a disruption. This focus on recovery and continuity differentiates it from activities like short-term patch management, which fixes vulnerabilities but doesn’t address disaster recovery, or unrelated employee training and marketing strategies that don’t cover restoring operations after an incident.