(ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity Practice Exam

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What type of disaster recovery site is relatively inexpensive, has core equipment but lacks servers, and can take weeks or months to become operational?

Cold Site
Warm Site
Hot Site
Simulated Site

The correct answer is: Cold Site

A cold site is characterized by its relatively low cost compared to other disaster recovery options. This type of site is equipped with essential infrastructure such as power supplies, cooling systems, and networking capabilities but lacks server hardware and critical applications. As a result, it does not provide immediate failover capabilities; organizations utilizing a cold site can expect the recovery process to take weeks or even months to become fully operational following a disaster. This makes it less suited for scenarios where time-sensitive operations are necessary. In contrast, warm sites are partially equipped with hardware and can be made operational more quickly than a cold site but still require time to configure and fill with the latest data. Hot sites are fully equipped and operational, allowing for near-instantaneous recovery, while simulated sites are primarily used for testing and training rather than actual disaster recovery scenarios. Thus, the cold site stands out as the option that meets the described characteristics in the question.