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Home Industry - Hot News What is the difference between Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
What is the difference between Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
By Web Editor
February 01, 2012

They are both essential elements of business continuity, and they sound quite similar. But their purpose is quite different.

What is RTO?

So, what does RTO mean? BS 25999-2, a leading business continuity standard, defines RTO as “…target time set for resumption of product, service or activity delivery after an incident”.

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