There are several ways that organizations can improve RPO: Increase backup frequency — By increasing the frequency of backups, organizations can reduce RPOs. Although this might not be practical for all data, teams can and should create more frequent backup schedules for their business-critical data. This can immediately improve RPO by ensuring less data is lost in the event of a disruption. Use advanced backup technologies — Modern backup technologies such as continuous data protection (CDP) and replication can help to reduce RPOs significantly. These technologies allow data to be backed up in real-time or near-real-time, ensuring that the most up-to-date data is always available for recovery. Replicate data — By creating a secondary copy of live data that the organization can fail over to immediately in the case of an outage, teams can dramatically enhance RPOs. This limits the data lost in the time it takes to switch from one server to another. Again, the frequency of replication determines the RPO—the more often teams replicate, the better the RPO. Prioritize critical data — Organizations can prioritize critical data and applications to ensure that they are backed up more frequently and that the RPO is minimized for those systems. Perform regular disaster recovery testing — Regular disaster recovery testing can help to identify any gaps in the disaster recovery plan and improve the RPO. By testing the recovery of critical systems and data, organizations can identify areas for improvement and make changes to reduce the RPO.