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Chapter 13 Terms

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business continuity   The ability of an organization to maintain its operations and services in the face of a disruptive event.  
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business continuity planning and testing   The process of identifying exposure to threats, creating preventive and recovery procedures, and then testing them to determine if they are sufficient.  
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business impact analysis (BIA)   An analysis that identifies mission-critical business functions and quantifies that impact a loss of a such functions may have on the organization in terms of its operational and financial position.  
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chain of custody   A process of documentation that shows that the evidence was under strict control at all times and no unauthorized individuals were given the opportunity to corrupt the evidence.  
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clustering   Combining two or more servers to appear as one single unit.  
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cold site   A remote site that provides office space; the customer must provide and install all the equipment needed to continue operations.  
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computer forensics   Using technology to search for computer evidence of a crime.  
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continuity of operations   The ability of a business to continue to function in the event of a disaster.  
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data backup   The process of copying information to a different medium and storing it (preferably at an offsite location) so that is can be used in the event of a disaster.  
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disaster recovery plan (DRP)   A written document that details that process for restoring IT resources following an event that causes a significant disruption in service.  
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Faraday cage   A metallic enclosure that prevents the entry or escape of an electromagnetic field.  
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forensics   The application of science to questions that are of interest to the legal profession.  
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heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)   Systems that provide and regulate heating and cooling.  
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high availability   A system that can function for an extended period of time with little downtime.  
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hot aisle/cold aisle   A layout in a data center that can be used to reduce heat by managing air flow.  
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hot site   A duplicate of the production site that has all the equipment needed for an organization to continue running, including office space and furniture, telephone jacks, computer equipment, and a live telecommunications link.  
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IT contingency planning   The process of developing an outline of procedures to be followed in the event of a major IT incident or an incident that directly impacts IT.  
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mean time between failures (MTBF)   A statistical value that is the average time until la component fails, cannot be repaired, and must be replaced.  
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order of volatility   The sequence of volatile data that must be preserved in a computer forensic investigation.  
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RAID   A technology that used multiple hard disk drives for increased reliability and performance.  
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recovery point objective (RPO)   The maximum length of time that an organization can tolerate between backups.  
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recovery time objective (RTO)   The length of time it will take to recover data that has been backed up.  
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risk assessment   The process of identifying threats.  
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single point of failure   A component or entity in a system which, if it no longer functions, would adversely affect the entire system.  
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succession planning   Determining in advance who will be authorized to take over in the event of the incapacitation or death of key employees.  
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system image   A snapshot of the current state of the computer that contains all settings and data.  
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tabletop exercises   Exercises that simulate an emergency situation but in an informal and stress-free environment.  
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warm site   A remote site that contains computer equipment but does not have active Internet or telecommunication facilities, and does not have backups of data.  
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