Title: Unit 4: Determining What is Mission Critical?
Course: Introduction to Mission Critical > Section: Introduction to Mission Critical

Unit 4: Determining What is Mission Critical

In this unit, we discuss how to determine whether or not certain aspects of business are very important or mission critical.

Unit 4 Time Advisory:

This unit should take you approximately* half an hour to complete.
- Subunit 4 – 1 : 5 to 8 minutes
- Subunit 4 – 2 : 5 minutes
- Subunit 4 – 3 : 5 minutes
- Subunit 4 – 4 : 10 minutes

*The above times are approximate and will vary from student to student.

Unit 4 Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this unit, student will be able to:
- Name several business aspects that are considered MCO
- Name some different indicators of what is truly mission critical
- Name some of the dangers to a MCO
- Name some of the protections and preventions used in MCO
- Differentiate between something that is important to a business and something that is mission critical

4.1 What Makes Something Mission Critical?

Reading: Why Do We Label Functions As Mission Critical?
Reading: How to Determine What is Mission Critical

4.2 Dangers to MCO

Reading: Dangers to MCO
Video: The Top 10 Security Threats Faced by Small Businesses

4.3 Prevention and Protection

Reading: Prevention and Protection
Video: Hurricane Sandy's Test

4.4 Examples

Reading: Examples of Mission Critical, Business Critical, and Important Scenarios
Reading: Examples of Mission Critical Systems and Functions
Case Study: Joyent
Activity: Follow Up Questions on Case Study

Unit 4 Self Assessment