Integrate Service Level Objectives and Service-Level Agreements (SLA) (e.g., Maintenance, Performance, Availability, Qualified Personnel) CSSLP Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–26

1. 26expert · hard

   A financial institution requires 99.99% availability for its online banking platform. The current provider offers a single data center with no redundancy. The institution is considering two options: (1) adding a second data center for failover, or (2) accepting a lower availability target of 99.9% in exchange for a lower cost. The institution's risk management team has determined that the cost of downtime is $1 million per hour. What should the institution do?

   • ASwitch to a provider that offers 99.99% availability at a lower cost
   • BNegotiate a lower cost with the current provider for the 99.99% target
   • CAccept the 99.9% availability target to save costs
   • DAdd a second data center to meet the 99.99% availability requirement
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