B for me. If one organization updates its hardware and software configuration, it may mean that it is no longer compatible with the systems of the other party in the agreement. This may mean that each company is unable to use the facilities at the other company to recover their processing following a disaster.
I think its B.
This is straight from the CISA Review Manual:
Reciprocal agreements are agreements between separate, but similar, companies to temporarily
share their IT facilities in the event that one company loses processing capability. Reciprocal
agreements are not considered a viable option due to the constraining burden of maintaining hardware and software compatibility between the companies, the complications of maintaining security and
privacy compliance during shared operations, and the difficulty of enforcing the agreements should a
disagreement arise at the time the plan is activated.
Answer: C
Differences in IS policies and procedures between the two organizations can lead to inconsistencies, misunderstandings, and potential conflicts during a disaster recovery scenario. Misalignment in policies and procedures may result in delays, errors, or inefficiencies in executing the disaster recovery plan, undermining the effectiveness of the reciprocal agreement.
The maintenance of hardware and software compatibility is a critical aspect of a reciprocal disaster recovery agreement. In the event of a disaster, the two companies should be able to seamlessly transition their IT operations to each other's facilities. If there are compatibility issues between their hardware and software systems, it could hinder the successful execution of the disaster recovery plan.
Is B : For a reciprocal agreement to be effective, hardware and
software at the two sites must be compatible. Processes to
ensure this occurred must be in place. Choice D, frequency
of system testing, is a concern, but the reason for
considering this is that it tests hardware and software
compatibility. Choice A is an issue when examining the
planning process, not the reciprocal agreement. Choice C is
not an issue since the organization can have differences in
policies and procedures and still be able to run their
systems on each others sites in the event of a disaster
For a reciprocal agreement to be effective, hardware and
software at the two sites must be compatible. Processes to
ensure this occurred must be in place.
A seems to be also correct.
Maintaining compatibility is useless if resources cannot be allocated in case of emergency.
Of course, resource allocation is useless if compatibility cannot be maintained.
agreed, the key point here is not about compatibility but it s about how to share those resources during this cirtical moment. compatibility takes less preferance than this. we have to ensure this process will protect company A to have those resources than B or in terms of the agreement between them
as per cisa review manual, answer could be B. IS policies and procedure may be different as the organisations are different basically.. Reciprocal agreement is temperory arrangemnet which has to accomodate this. However hardware incompatiability will render temperory arrangemnet also unavailable which is disasterous.
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