Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) — Question 152

The PRIMARY objective of timely declaration of a disaster is to:

Answer options

• A. ensure the continuity of the organization’s essential services.
• B. protect critical physical assets from further loss.
• C. ensure engagement of business management in the recovery process.
• D. assess and correct disaster recovery process deficiencies.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The primary aim of timely disaster declaration is to maintain the continuity of critical services, ensuring that operations can proceed with minimal interruption. While protecting assets and engaging management are important, they are secondary to the immediate need to keep essential services running. Correcting deficiencies in the disaster recovery process is also vital but is not the primary objective during the initial response to a disaster.