What is disaster recovery and its relation to RIM?

• A. Plans to expand IT infrastructure
• B. A policy for disaster insurance limits
• C. Plans to recover IT and records after a disaster; ensures business continuity and availability of records.
• D. A routine for software patch management

Answer: (D)

Disaster recovery in Records and Information Management is the set of plans and procedures to restore IT systems and the records they hold after a disruptive event. It supports business continuity by ensuring critical information is recoverable and accessible when operations resume. A solid disaster recovery program identifies essential systems and records, creates backups and offsite copies, defines the steps to restore services, and sets recovery objectives for speed and data recency. It also assigns responsibilities and requires regular testing to verify that recovery works in practice. In addition, it helps preserve metadata, the integrity, and the authenticity of records during the recovery process, which is important for compliance, legal holds, and governance. This is not about routine tasks like software patching; it’s about ensuring you can recover IT and records after a disaster to keep the organization functioning.