What is the difference between a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?

• A. DRP focuses on restoring IT and infrastructure after a disruption; BCP covers maintaining critical business operations during and after an incident.
• B. DRP focuses on marketing; BCP focuses on accounting.
• C. DRP includes HR planning; BCP includes legal compliance.
• D. DRP and BCP are the same.

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that a disaster recovery plan is about getting IT systems back up after a disruption, while a business continuity plan is about keeping critical business operations running during and after an incident. A DRP focuses on restoring servers, networks, data, and applications so technology can support the business again. A BCP is broader, detailing how the organization continues essential functions, communicates with stakeholders, and maintains operations across people, facilities, processes, and technology. In practice, the DRP is usually a component of the BCP, concentrating on IT resilience within the overall plan to keep the business running. The other statements misplace focus on marketing, accounting, HR, or legal, or claim they’re the same, which misses the distinct roles these plans play.