Data Backup
What is Data Backup?
The process of creating copies of data that can be used to restore the original in the event of data loss, corruption, or disaster.
Terms that appear alongside data backup
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data backup. The number is how many controls name both.
- backup and recovery 10 shared controls
- nist 9 shared controls
- encryption 7 shared controls
- data protection 5 shared controls
- audit 4 shared controls
- integrity 3 shared controls
- disaster recovery 3 shared controls
- physical security 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern data backup
What the standards actually require on data backup
Requirements naming data backup across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Watch backup execution through technical and organisational measures and have qualified staff investigate and rectify malfunctions promptly, so the agreed scope, frequency and retention of data backup are still achieved.
C5-OPS-07 · Data Backup and Recovery - Monitoring →Create a retrievable, exact copy of ePHI when needed before movement of equipment. NIST recommends pre-move backup verification and secure transport for media.
164.310(d)(2)(iv) · Data Backup and Storage (Addressable) →Data backups. Level 1 (a to c): backups stored off-site are protected, by encryption or other means, before transport; the frequency of backup testing is determined; and access to and storage locations of backups are determined. Levels 2 and 3 are the same.
mtcs-singapore::12.8 · Data backups →Create a retrievable, exact copy of ePHI when needed before movement of equipment. NIST recommends pre-move backup verification and secure transport for media.
164.310(d)(2)(iv) · Data Backup and Storage (Addressable) →Data backup processes, and supporting data backup procedures, are developed, implemented and maintained.
ISM-1547 · Data backup processes and procedures →Critical data is kept available so that operations can continue: a schedule makes sure every item of critical data is backed up correctly;
cobit-2019::APO14.10 · APO14.10 Manage data backup and restore arrangements →Questions people ask about data backup
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