Overview#
Safeguarding data by creating copies and validating their recovery. Essential for ransomware resilience, disaster recovery, and regulatory retention requirements.
Core objectives#
- Establish shared definitions of Backup and Restore for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Connect Backup and Restore activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
- Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Backup and Restore works here.
Implementation notes#
- Identify the primary owner for Backup and Restore, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
- Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Backup and Restore healthy.
- Map Backup and Restore practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.
Operational signals#
- Leading indicators: early warnings that Backup and Restore might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
- Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Backup and Restore failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
- Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Backup and Restore continuously.
Related practices#
- Align Backup and Restore with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
- Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
- Pair Backup and Restore improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.