Which term describes the process of planning to prevent, mitigate, and recover from disruptions?

• A. Disaster recovery
• B. Business continuity
• C. IT governance
• D. Risk assessment

Answer: (B)

Business continuity is about ensuring essential operations keep running during disruptions and can be restored quickly after an incident. It involves planning to prevent interruptions where possible, mitigating their impact when they occur, and recovering to normal operations. This broad approach covers people, processes, facilities, suppliers, and technology, not just IT systems. That’s why it’s the best fit: it focuses on maintaining and resuming business functions as a whole, rather than only restoring IT infrastructure. By contrast, disaster recovery centers on IT system recovery after a disruptive event, IT governance is about aligning IT with business goals and oversight, and risk assessment is about identifying potential risks—useful, but not the term that collectively describes planning to prevent, mitigate, and recover from disruptions.