Recovery Point Objectives Report

The Recovery Point Objective (or RPO) is the an expression (in terms of time) of how much recent data about operations an organization is prepared to lose during an incident. For example, if you backup data from your computer every 24 hours, this implies that you are prepared to lose 24 hours worth of data if a fire destroys your computer.

The Recovery Point Objectives Report shows the recovery point objectives associated with the activities and resources for which an organization unit is directly or indirectly responsible. This report is helpful when spotting inconsistencies between the data backup strategies for various activities.

Table Headings

Heading	Description
Name	The name of the activity or resource.
Type	Either activity or resource.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)	The maximum amount of data we are prepared to lose in the event of an incident.
Minimum RPO	The minimum RPO implied by activities which depend on this.
Maximum RPO	The maximum RPO implied by activities which this depends on.
Location	Where the activity or resource is located.
Responsibility	The organization unit responsible for the activity or resource.
Description	A short description of the consequence.

Notes

If a value is shown in red, then data is missing or inconsistent.
Not all columns are shown in all tables.
The Maximum and Minimum RPO values are derived by considering dependencies. For example, if an activity relies on a resource that is only backed up once every 24 hours then its own RPO should not be set lower than this amount.