Today, I would like to take the time to explain a basic concept of Business Continuity : the Recovery Point Objective (or in short, RPO).
Everybody who's been in touch with Business Continuity will have heard of this term. Together with RTO (Recovery Time Objective), they’re the basis of every disaster recovery plan. But what exactly means 'RPO'?
As stated here-above, RPO stands for Recovery Point Objective. It is defined as being the maximum tolerable period in which data might be lost.
Let me put it in an example: If, for your company, you have defined an RPO of 20 hours, it means that you 'agree' with a possible loss of data that was entered into your systems up to 20 hours ago. If you have a backup-regime of for example 48 hours, meaning you take a backup every 2 days, you are not able to reach an RPO of 20 hours. In this scenario, your maximum RPO is 48 hours.
To make it even more concrete, let's take a few examples:
Depending on your RPO, EASI can offer different solutions to guarantee you’ll meet your business requirements.