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Recovery time objective

RTO / DMIA

In French : Objectif de délai de reprise

The period of time within which an activity, product or service must be resumed after disruption, and the associated resources restored.

Source : ISO 22300:2021

Related terms

Recovery point objective

The volume of data, expressed in time, that the organisation accepts losing during a disruption. A four-hour RPO means the last four hours of input may be lost.

Maximum tolerable period of disruption

The time beyond which the consequences of disruption become unacceptable to the organisation. It is a ceiling, not a target.

Minimum business continuity objective

The minimum level of service acceptable to achieve the organisation's objectives during a disruption. It answers: what must we absolutely keep doing?