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Full Interruption Test (Definition)In a full interruption test, operations are shut down at the primary site and shifted to the recovery site in accordance with the disaster recovery plan. This is clearly a very thorough test, but one which is also expensive and has the capacity to cause a major disruption of operations if the test fails. See Also: Parallel Test. Risky Thinking Newsletter Are you responsible for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, or Risk Management in your organization? Then you may wish to receive a free subscription to the the monthly Risky Thinking Newsletter. It contains news, opinions and articles of interest to people working in these areas. View a sample issue, or click here to subscribe. Recent articles have included: Your data’s safe, isn’t it? If a disaster happened, you
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