(ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity Practice Exam

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Which disaster recovery site is stocked with the necessary equipment and data but is not maintained in a parallel fashion?

Cold Site
Warm Site
Hot Site
Backup Site

The correct answer is: Warm Site

The correct answer to this question is a cold site. A cold site is a disaster recovery location that has the necessary infrastructure in place, such as power, cooling, and space, but does not maintain active data or equipment that mirrors the primary site. In other words, while the cold site is equipped and ready to be activated, it requires significant time to set up and bring online after a disaster occurs, as it lacks up-to-date systems and data. In contrast, a warm site is a backup site that has some level of maintenance and can house data and systems that are regularly updated, although it may not be as fully equipped or instantly ready as a hot site, which is continuously operational with live data and actively mirrors the primary site. A hot site is the fastest response option as it is fully operational and ready to take over immediately if the primary site fails. The backup site typically refers more generally to any location used for redundancy in case of failure, and does not necessarily fit the description of a site that has equipment and data but isn't maintained in a parallel fashion. This distinction solidifies why a cold site is the appropriate answer, given the way each type of disaster recovery site is defined and utilized in practice.