What is Recovery Time Objective? How it is measured?

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the time set and agreed by top management on the maximum duration a particular service or business function is allowed to be disrupted for after an incident.

RTO is set after taking into consideration all the critical activities and their respective dependencies.

RTO can be measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc

RTO is an important parameter in determining an organization's continuity strategies. RTO on one organization may have bearing on the continuity strategies of another organization's which depends on the first organization's services.