What is the most common gap auditors find on RC.RP-03?

Integrity checks bypassed under time pressure

`RC.RP-03` The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration

Q: What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on RC.RP-03 The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration?

Backup integrity testing standard; Pre restoration verification records; Cryptographic hash validation evidence; Tabletop exercise on compromised backup scenarios; Restoration test outcomes.

The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration

Source: NIST CSF 2.0, RC.RP-03. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST CSF 2.0 in the compliance library.

artefacts

held by a system

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. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

Pre restoration verification records · Backup / DR tooling
Cryptographic hash validation evidence · Document repository
Tabletop exercise on compromised backup scenarios · Backup / DR tooling

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

Backup integrity testing standard · Policy repository / GRC workspace
Restoration test outcomes · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

No system holds this evidence for you: it is people and documents. Reminders and routing to the owner still save time. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date.

Common gaps auditors find

Integrity checks bypassed under time pressure
Hash validation absent for some media
Tabletop scenarios shallow
Test outcomes not retained

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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