11.2 Perform Automated Backups
Perform automated backups of in-scope enterprise assets. Run backups weekly, or more frequently, based on the sensitivity of the data.
4
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
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
- Evidence the safeguard is implemented: Perform Automated Backups · Backup / DR tooling
- Configuration / tooling output demonstrating the safeguard · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Records showing the safeguard is operating (logs, reports, reviews) · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Policy/standard covering CIS Control 11 (Data Recovery) · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your Backup / DR tooling. Backup job success history and restore-test logs from the backup platform.
Common gaps auditors find
- Safeguard implemented for some assets but not all in scope
- No evidence of ongoing operation (point-in-time only)
- Implementation Group IG1 baseline not met
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 sheet11.1 Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process · 11.3 Protect Recovery Data