Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Data Backup Importance

This report delves into the critical importance of data backup and security within the context of business continuity and disaster recovery. It emphasizes the need for securing backup files and media, highlighting various methods to protect data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, and destruction. The report underscores the significance of off-site storage for backups, ensuring accessibility and preservation of data. It discusses the steps required to enhance security and operational efficiency, including securing storage devices, labeling backup media, and implementing robust data access and recovery strategies. The conclusion reinforces the necessity of addressing secure media management within security policies and adhering to established procedures for data protection.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Importance of storing backup files and media.................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
Reference List..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
This study deals with understanding the importance of securing backups and importance
of storing the same. Secondary data had been used in the study from reliable sources like peer-
reviewed journals, books and websites. It is essential to secure the backup media files and using
variety of options explained in this segment (Kumar et al., 2017). The off-site storage of backups
is even explained in the study to make the study easier to understand.
Importance of storing backup files and media
Data security means effective ways to protect data from any of the unauthorized access,
use as well as disclosure and destruction that takes into account network security, file security
and physical security. Storage of backup files and media is extremely important in secured
location that can be easily being accessible (Hassan, Michael & Mrutu, 2015). Data backup
means saving of additional copies in separate locations from data files in storage places.
Here, backup media refers to specialized as well as focused security controls. In order to
achieve the goals, business enterprise needs to build a practice around different areas such as
assigning accountability, authority and responsibility. It even assesses risk as well as develop a
data protection process and communication the process or executing the process in the most
effective way (Allu et al., 2017).
There are various steps that need to be taken for enhancing the level of security and
operation to the back-up and restored files and the steps required to be followed for securing the
backup media (Cahyani et al., 2017). In order to form the backup plan, it is needed to implement
the methods such as securing storage device as well as backup media. In addition, data from the

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stolen media need to be accessed as well as restored to other server. Furthermore, it is important
for restoring the entire volume of one operation.
As far as offsite storage of backup is concerned, it needs proper data access from any
location either through internet or FTP. In addition, the storage data need to be preserved for an
event within the business operations. By this, the backup data can be easily shared from various
remote locations.
Backup media need to be distinctly labeled as it helps in defining the content stored in an
effective way. Once the backup media is labeled properly, it will be useful for lifetime and stored
data at a lower classification level (Allu et al., 2017). It is mostly possible always to recover the
data even if the files are deleted with the help of magnetic devices as well as media. Therefore,
the media need to be treated as same ways or greater when it comes to security protection
warranted by the types of data it actually holds.
Conclusion
At the end of the study, it is concluded that securing the data at locations are important so
that none of the saved information are stolen in worst cases. In addition, secure media
management need to be addressed or mentioned in the security policy as well as exact
procedures need to be followed in the defined standards, documentation and guidelines.

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