Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Recovery Time Objective
The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the time duration during or after a disaster that can elapse without an enterprise restoring its processes or services to acceptable levels before it will experience unendurable consequences associated with the disruption.
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NIST Compliance: A Comprehensive Guide
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