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Recovery point objective (RPO)

nounid 3785·updated May 9, 2026
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The amount of data that can be lost without severely impacting the recovery of operations or the point in time in which systems and data must be recovered (e.g., the date and time of a business disruption).

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Classifications

Entity Type

Metric92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Internal75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Recovery point objective (RPO)S
possessive
Recovery point objective (RPO)'s
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Recovery point objective (RPO)S'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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The amount of data that can be lost without severely impacting the recovery of operations or the point in time in which systems and data must be recovered (e.g., the date and time of a business disruption).

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