This last of my backup/recovery best practices is far from the least of them:
#10 Conduct regular testing and reviews of your data recovery capabilities
Backups can be corrupted (especially if they’re tape-based) and too often backups are performed incorrectly. Key files, directories, or components may have been excluded, especially if your infrastructure has undergone adds or deletes.
Categories: Backup | Business-critical Data | Data Access | Disaster Recovery | Information Security | Recovery
Last time, I described the first two backup/recovery best practices. Here are the next three:
#3 Make sure your backup/recovery strategy adheres to all governance and compliance rules that apply to your organization.
Rules abound about data privacy, security, retention — and vary by industry and region.
Look for a reputable advisor who has the experience needed to understand your compliance environment and who successfully completes SAS-70 Type II audits.
As I see it, there are 10 best practices that can make the difference between backups that really do keep you in business and backups that seem to work okay — until you actually try to use them. Here are the first two:
#1 Understand your data so you can decide what needs to be backed up and how often.
Base your decisions on the cost of loss, which you can get a sense of by noting the types of data your business relies on — emails, spreadsheets, databases, line-of-business apps, etc. — and determining the impact of losing that information for good and having to recreate it (if you can). Add in the cost of unhappy customers and potential regulatory/compliance violations — and do the math.
Categories: Backup | Business Resumption | Business-critical Data | CEO to CEO | Disaster Recovery | Recovery
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