CISSP Training Guide

Quantifying the Difference Between DRP and BCP

Explain the difference between disaster recovery planning (DRP) and business continuity planning (BCP) and the importance of developing both types of plans.

DRP and BCP often seem to be talking about the same things. The difference, however, is this: Disaster recovery is the process of bringing back into production a critical business process that has been crippled or destroyed by some catastrophic event. Disaster recovery planning is the process of developing a plan to do so; business continuity planning seeks to minimize the impact of catastrophic events on critical business processes, get the processes up and operational should some event occur, and bring the company back to full recovery after ...