Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy

Version: 1.3.0 Effective Date: 2024-10-01 Next Review: 2025-10-01 Approved By: Chief Operating Officer ---

1. Purpose and Scope

Outlines strategies and procedures for maintaining critical business operations during and after disruptions. Defines recovery time objectives (RTO), recovery point objectives (RPO), backup procedures, and failover mechanisms for essential systems. This policy applies to all Mesta Technologies Inc. employees, contractors, vendors, and systems that process, store, or transmit company or customer data.

2. Roles and Responsibilities

Policy Owner: Chief Operating Officer

Policy Author: Infrastructure Team

Enforcement: All managers and team leads

Compliance: All personnel with access to relevant systems

3. Policy Statements

[Detailed policy requirements would be listed here in the full document]

3.1 General Requirements

This section outlines the fundamental requirements that all stakeholders must follow.

3.2 Specific Controls

This section details specific technical and administrative controls implementing this policy.

3.3 Exceptions

Policy exceptions require written approval from Chief Operating Officer and must be reviewed quarterly.

4. Enforcement

Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or contract, and may result in legal action.

5. Related Documents

This policy supports the following security controls:

business-continuity-plan-maintained

backup-procedures-verified

insurance-coverage-maintained

6. Revision History

| Version | Date | Author | Changes | |---------|------|--------|---------| | 1.3.0 | 2024-09-15 | Infrastructure Team | Current version | --- *This document is confidential and proprietary to Mesta Technologies Inc.*