Backup Encryption
What is Backup Encryption?
The application of encryption to backup data to protect it from unauthorized access even if backup media is lost, stolen, or compromised.
Terms that appear alongside backup encryption
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as backup encryption. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 3 shared controls
- recovery point objective 3 shared controls
- recovery time objective 3 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- ransomware 3 shared controls
- integrity 2 shared controls
- disaster recovery 2 shared controls
- integrity verification 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern backup encryption
What the standards actually require on backup encryption
Requirements naming backup encryption across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
Protect is the second of five functional elements per MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.2. Activities include: (1) Access Control - identity and access management for IT + OT systems + role-based access + least privilege + privileged access management (PAM) for OT engineer...
IMO-MSC-FAL-Protect-AccessControl-NetworkSegmentation-MalwareDefence-Patch-Awareness-DataSecurity · IMO MSC-FAL Protect Function - Access Control + Network Segmentation + Malware Defence + Patch Management + Awareness Training + Data Security + Crew BYOD + Removable Media →ISMAP Data Protection establishes comprehensive data lifecycle controls. (1) Data Classification: customer government data must be classified per Japanese government data classification scheme + including (a) General + (b) Sensitive + (c) Confidential + (d) St...
ISMAP-DataProtection-Classification-Encryption-DataResidencyJapan-Backup-SecureDeletion-Cryptography-FIPS · ISMAP Data Protection - Data Classification + AES-256 Encryption At Rest + TLS 1.3 In Transit + Data Residency Japan + Backup + Secure Deletion + Cryptography per FIPS 140-3 + CRYPTREC + KMS HSM →Business Continuity + Cyber Resilience is core per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines + intersects with FSA Operational Resilience Framework (2023) + BCBS Principles for Operational Resilience (March 2021) + CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for FMIs.
JP-FSA-CYB-Business-Continuity-Cyber-Resilience-RTO-RPO-Backup-Immutable-Air-Gapped-Disaster-Recovery-Ransomware-Resistance · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Business Continuity + Cyber Resilience + RTO + RPO + Backup + Immutable + Air-Gapped + Disaster Recovery + Ransomware Resistance + Operational Resilience + Critical Function Mapping + FSA Operational Resilience Framework →Disclose and operate physical security + workstation security + media controls + backup and disaster recovery features per MDS2 PLOK + DTBK sections and related legacy MDS2-17 to MDS2-20.
MDS2-Physical-Security-PLOK-Workstation-Disposal-Backup-DTBK-Disaster-Recovery · MDS2 Physical Security + PLOK + Workstation + Disposal + Backup + DTBK + Disaster Recovery →Questions people ask about backup encryption
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