The type of test that assesses a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan using realistic disaster scenarios while maintaining minimal impact to business operations is simulation. Simulation is a type of test or a evaluation technique or method that assesses or analyzes the Disaster Recovery (DR) plan or the document that defines or specifies the procedures or the actions that are performed or executed by the organization, such as the business, the enterprise, or the institution, to recover or to restore the critical or the essential functions or operations of the organization, such as the services, the products, or the processes, after or during the occurrence or the happening of the disaster or the event that causes or results in the disruption, the interruption, or the damage of the functions or operations of the organization, such as the fire, the flood, or the cyberattack, by using or applying the realistic or the practical disaster scenarios or situations that mimic or imitate the occurrence or the happening of the disaster or the event that causes or results in the disruption, the interruption, or the damage of the functions or operations of the organization, such as the fire, the flood, or the cyberattack, but without affecting or impacting the actual or the real functions or operations of the organization, such as the services, the products, or the processes. Simulation is the type of test that assesses a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan using realistic disaster scenarios while maintaining minimal impact to business operations, as it can provide or offer the benefits, the advantages, or the value of the test or the evaluation technique or method, such as the verification, the validation, or the identification of the effectiveness, the efficiency, or the issues of the Disaster Recovery (DR) plan, and the improvement, the enhancement, or the update of the Disaster Recovery (DR) plan, by using or applying the realistic or the practical disaster scenarios or situations that mimic or imitate the occurrence or the happening of the disaster or the event that causes or results in the disruption, the interruption, or the damage of the functions or operations of the organization, such as the fire, the flood, or the cyberattack, and as it can also provide or offer the minimal or the low impact or effect to the actual or the real functions or operations of the organization, such as the services, the products, or the processes, by using or applying the simulated or the artificial environment or setting that does not interfere or disturb the actual or the real environment or setting of the organization, such as the network, the system, or the service.
