Recovery Time Objectives Report

The Recovery Time Objective (or RTO) is the maximum time that the organization is prepared to allow an activity or resource to be unavailable following an incident. (Note that the activity or resource is not necessarily planned to be fully operational after this time, but it is intended that the activity or resource has been restored to some minimum service level.

The Recovery Time Objectives Report shows the recovery time objectives associated with the activities and resources for which an organization unit is directly or indirectly responsible. This report is helpful when spotting inconsistencies and missing information.

The report is also helpful when prioritizing responses, as it lists activities and resources by increasing recovery time objective.

Table Headings

Heading	Description
Name	The name of the activity or resource.
Type	Either activity or resource.
Recovery Time Objective (RPO)	The time by which the activity or resource should be restored to a minimum service level following an incident.
Minimum RTO	The minimum RTO implied by activities or resources which depend on this.
Maximum RTO	The maximum RTO implied by activities or resources 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 RTO values are derived by considering dependencies as well as the lead time required to replace a resource or relocated an activity. For example, if an activity relies on a resource that has an RTO of 24 hours then its own RTO should not be set lower than this amount. If it will take 48 hours to move an activity to a new building, then its RTO must also be greater than this amount.