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Recovery point objective

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The point in time to which data must be recovered after an outage.

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ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption of operations It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible amount of data loss in case of interruption.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The point in time to which data must be recovered after an outage.
NIST SP 800-341 senseview framework →
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The point in time to which data must be recovered after an outage.