Full interruption test
- Term
- Full interruption test
- Exam
- CISA
- Definition
A continuity test that shuts down the primary site and runs operations at the recovery site.
- Explained
A full interruption test shuts down the primary site and runs operations at the recovery site. It is the most realistic test and the riskiest, because a failure causes a real outage.
- In practice
Production is shut down and operations move to the recovery site for real.
- Often confused with
- Parallel test
- Exam angle
Most realistic and most risky.
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