Tom is the it manager for an organization that experienced a server failure that affected a single business function. what type of plan should guide the organization's recovery effort?

The answer to this question is Business continuity plan (BCP)

Business continuity plan (BCP) refers to the plan that made to notify all the risks and threats that's currently faced by the company and allocate company's resource properly to avoid potential disastrous events (such us information leak in Tom's case)