What does Federal Continuity Directive 2 provide?

• A. A compliance checklist for incident response
• B. A required template for a process-based BIA
• C. A model for IT disaster budgeting
• D. A guide to selecting disaster recovery sites

Answer: (B)

Federal Continuity Directive 2 provides standardized templates and guidance to support continuity planning, including a required template for a process-based business impact analysis. This template guides agencies to break operations into core processes, identify dependencies (people, facilities, information, technology, and suppliers), assess the impact of disruptions, and determine recovery priorities and recovery time objectives. Using a process-based BIA helps ensure continuity plans address how critical functions are performed, not just who handles them, making planning repeatable, auditable, and aligned with mission priorities. The template yields consistent data across agencies, enabling better resource allocation and testing of continuity measures. It isn’t a compliance checklist for incident response, a budgeting model for IT disasters, or a guide to selecting disaster recovery sites, which are outside what this directive provides.