Continuous Availability

1. A system or application that supports operations which continue with little to no noticeable impact to the user. (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute) Time to Restore Business Operations in the context of Business Continuity Management 2. A characteristic of an Business Continuity that masks from the users the effects of losses of service, planned or unplanned. See Continuous Operation. (Source: Disaster Recovery Institute International / Disaster Recovery Journal - DRII/DRJ) (Source: ENISA - the European Network and Information Security Agency. BCM & Resilience Glossary)