Protecting Data With Backups

Question 1

What are 3 considerations on protecting backups

Answer 1

1) Storage - clear labelling and secure storage
2) TRansfer - protecting data in physical transit
3) Destruction - ensuring the data is destroyed once the backup is no longer needed

Question 2

What are 3 considerations on protecting backups

Answer 2

1) Storage - clear labelling and secure storage
2) TRansfer - protecting data in physical transit
3) Destruction - ensuring the data is destroyed once the backup is no longer needed

Question 3

List the geographic considerations of backups

Answer 3

1) off-site
2) Distance (from off-site backup locale)
3) Location selection - think environmental/political considerations
4) Legal Implications - relates to the type of data
5) data sovereignty - foreign law effects