What term is defined as a site that is up and running continuously?

• A. Hash
• B. External Actors
• C. Hot Site
• D. Informative Policies

Answer: (C)

A hot site is a fully provisioned alternate facility that remains up and running continuously so you can switch operations with minimal downtime after a disruption. In disaster recovery and business continuity, this means the site has hardware, software, network connectivity, and often data mirrors already in place, ready to take over immediately if the primary site fails. This setup minimizes interruption to operations and data loss, which is why it’s described as continually ready to operate.

For contrast, a hash is a cryptographic function used to verify data integrity, external actors are potential attackers, and informative policies are security guidelines. Those concepts don’t describe a ready-to-activate recovery site, so they’re not the term that fits this scenario.