CP-9(3) Separate Storage for Critical Information
Store backup copies of critical software in separate facility or fire-rated container not collocated with operational software.
1
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
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
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Offsite backup evidence · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
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 onsite only
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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