What are the activities and programs designed to return the enterprise to an acceptable condition called?

• A. ROI
• B. Countermeasure
• C. Disaster recovery
• D. Business continuity

Answer: (C)

Disaster recovery focuses on restoring IT capabilities and operations after an interruption to bring the enterprise back to an acceptable level of service. It involves the plans, procedures, backups, and recovery steps needed to recover critical systems, data, and networks within defined recovery objectives (RTO and RPO), often including switching to alternate sites or redundant infrastructure. While business continuity is broader and aims to keep essential business functions running during a disruption, disaster recovery is the component that specifically gets technology and data back online after the event. ROI is a financial metric and not about restoration, and a countermeasure is a general risk-reduction action rather than the process of restoring operations.