OPS-09 Data Backup and Recovery - Storage
Hold backup copies at a remote location, transmitting them over the network with state of the art encryption or transporting media physically, choosing the distance by weighing recovery time against shared disaster expos
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
2
at each review
moderate
to go live
Backup / DR tooling
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Encryption configuration of the backup replication link · Backup / DR tooling
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Location record and distance rationale for the offsite backup repository · Backup / DR tooling
- Physical and environmental security assessment of the remote storage facility · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Transport manifest or courier chain of custody for physical backup media · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 4 artefacts that already live in a system (Backup / DR tooling); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Offsite copy kept in another room of the same building or campus
- Distance chosen for convenience with no analysis of shared flood, grid or seismic exposure
- Remote location protected to a lower standard than the primary data centre
- Media unprotected in transit because encryption is applied only at rest
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.
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