> RPO and RTO explained with a real disaster recovery example

In this Help Net Security video, Matthew Burden, CEO of BlackBox Hosting, explains RPO and RTO and how they differ in practice. RPO, the recovery point objective, is the most data you can lose, measured in time. RTO, the recovery time objective, is the longest your business can stay down. A backup does not guarantee quick recovery, and quick recovery does not help if the data is days old. Burden says every application needs its … More → The post RPO and RTO explained with a real disaster recovery example appeared first on Help Net Security.