Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

Category: Operational Risk · Abbreviation: RTO

What is Recovery Time Objective?

Maximum acceptable length of time that a system, application, or function can be down after a failure or disaster.

Related terms

• RPO
• BCP
• DRP

More Operational Risk terms

• Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
• Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• Change Management
• Conduct Risk
• Contingency Planning

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