CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) — Question 140

A security analyst has been tasked with finding the maximum amount of data loss that can occur before ongoing business operations would be impacted. Which of the following terms BEST defines this metric?

Answer options

• A. MTTR
• B. RTO
• C. RPO
• D. MTBF

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is RPO, which stands for Recovery Point Objective, and it defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) refers to the time taken to repair a failed system, RTO (Recovery Time Objective) indicates the time within which a business process must be restored after a disaster, and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) measures the average time between failures of a system.