Query on Business Continuity Plan

Please note that the RTO is related to the time needed to recover minimal agreed service levels after disruption is detected, not to the duration of an incident.

So, a more proper statement would be that the DRP will be activated as long as the time to recover minimal agreed service levels exceeds the established RTO time.

For example, in a disruption caused by a lightning bolt, the incident can be over in seconds, while in a disruption caused by fire, it may take several hours for the fire to be extinguished.

In the fire situation, you do not need to wait for the fire to be controlled to assess the time for recovery, compare it with the RTO, and decide to activate the DRP.

This article will provide you with further explanation about RTO:

• What is the difference between Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)? https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/what-is-the-difference-between-recovery-time-objective-rto-and-recovery-point-objective-rpo/