BR-1 Ensure regular automated backups
Configure automated backups for critical workloads using Azure Backup with defined retention and recovery point objectives.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Restore test records · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Backup policy inventory · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Backup success/failure reports · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- RPO/RTO definitions · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Backups configured but not tested
- RPO/RTO not defined
- Critical workloads excluded
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetAM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine · BR-2 Protect backup and recovery data