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RPO and RTO explained with a real disaster recovery example

Updated 19 October 2026

In this Help Net Security video, Matthew Burden, CEO of BlackBox Hosting, explains RPO and RTO and how they differ in practice. RPO, the recovery point objective, is the most data you can lose, measured in time. RTO, the recovery…

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