What plan focuses on restoring IT infrastructure after a disaster to minimize downtime?

• A. Business Continuity Plan
• B. Disaster Recovery Plan
• C. Business Impact Analysis
• D. High Availability Strategy

Answer: (B)

Restoring IT infrastructure quickly after a disaster is the focus. A disaster recovery plan spells out the procedures, resources, and timelines to recover critical systems, data, and networks after an outage, with objectives like Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective that drive how fast you must get systems back and how much data loss is acceptable. This concentrate-on-restoration approach is what makes it the best choice for minimizing downtime after a disaster.

While a business continuity plan also aims to keep operations running during disruptions, its scope is broader than IT recovery and covers how the entire organization adapts to continue essential functions. A business impact analysis identifies which processes are most critical and what impacts outages would have, informing both the DRP and BCP but not by itself detailing how to restore IT. A high availability strategy focuses on preventing downtime through redundant systems and architectures, rather than outlining the steps to recover after a disaster.