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In disaster recovery, what does the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) measure?

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  1. How much data you can afford to lose
  2. How often backups must be tested
  3. Maximum downtime before the impact is unacceptable

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  1. NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-34r1.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.

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