CDRP study guide
CDRP · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This independent study page provides practice for CDRP. Its editorial learning areas include Cyber-risk identification and analysis; Risk options, shared failures and accountable facility resilience; Data-centre procedures, coordination and operational records; Capacity, airflow, energy and constrained infrastructure; Security operations, monitoring and response; Identity, access and cryptographic protection; Continuity, backup and technical recovery. The CDRP study guide has 7 sections and about 4,233 words.
01Cyber-risk identification and analysis
IT risk assessment has three phases. Identification builds the inventory: assets, processes, data flows, threats, vulnerabilities, and existing controls, often through risk scenarios ("who or what could exploit which vulnerability, and with what consequence?").
747 words, about 4 min02Risk options, shared failures and accountable facility resilience
A facility risk assessment considers the intended service, people, assets, dependencies and consequences under relevant uncertain events. Technical failure, human error, malicious activity, organizational gaps and environmental events have different mechanisms.
364 words, about 2 min03Data-centre procedures, coordination and operational records
A data-centre facility supports IT services through physical space, power, cooling, connectivity, security and operational processes. A facility operator and an IT operator have related but different authorities and qualifications.
359 words, about 2 min04Capacity, airflow, energy and constrained infrastructure
Power, cooling, physical space, structural loading, network and service requirements constrain a data-centre design together. A spare electrical rating is not usable IT capacity if cooling or another local limit prevents placing the load.
373 words, about 2 min05Security operations, monitoring and response
This domain is about running security as a repeatable service rather than a series of heroic acts. Questions target process ownership, change control and the operational metrics that show the programme is working.
803 words, about 4 min06Identity, access and cryptographic protection
This domain tests the identity lifecycle and the mechanisms that turn an identity into an authorised action. Expect questions that separate authentication from authorisation and that ask which access control model fits a scenario.
857 words, about 4 min07Continuity, backup and technical recovery
This domain tests continuity planning: how an organisation keeps critical services running during disruption and how it recovers afterwards. Distinguish the continuity plan from the disaster recovery plan and know the time-based metrics precisely.
730 words, about 4 min