PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested. Control from NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 framework, domain: PR - Protect.
5
artefacts
2
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
- Immutable backup configuration evidence · Backup / DR tooling
- Backup access control and audit logs · Backup / DR tooling
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Backup integrity test reports · Backup / DR tooling
- Restoration test records with success criteria · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Backup policy with frequency and retention · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 2 of 5 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
- Restoration tests narrow in scope
- Immutability not configured on all critical systems
- Backups exposed via shared admin credentials
- Retention not aligned to recovery objectives
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 sheetPR.DS-10 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-use are protected · PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage