NIST CSF Practice Question: What is a failover in the context of disaster recovery? | CyberCertPrep
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What is a failover in the context of disaster recovery?
A.A type of cybersecurity attack targeting backup systems
B.The process of failing to recover a system
C.The automatic or manual switching of operations to a backup system when the primary system fails
D.The decommissioning of a system after an incident
Why C is correct
Failover is the process of automatically or manually switching operations from a primary system to a backup or redundant system when the primary system fails or becomes unavailable.
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Where this fits in the NIST CSF exam
Recover Function
NIST CSF Recover function: recovery planning, improvements, and communications to restore services after an incident.
This question belongs to the "Recover" domain, which makes up about 10% of the NIST CSF exam.
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