Who this is for

Built for all critical data, applications, and configurations hosted on-premises, in cloud, or with SaaS providers, and to IT operations, application owners, and disaster recover…

Every section below is included in your download, summaries only shown here, not the policy text.

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  Document control

  Owner, version, review cycle, and approval fields ready to customize.

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  Purpose

  Why this policy exists and the outcomes it supports.

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  Scope

  Who and what systems, locations, and activities are in scope.

• 3

  Definitions

  Key terms defined in a table for consistent interpretation.

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  Roles and responsibilities

  Accountability for executives, owners, managers, staff, and IT.

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  Policy requirements

  Numbered, audit-ready controls you can adopt or tailor.

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  Exceptions, monitoring, enforcement

  Exception process, review cadence, and consequences of non-compliance.

• 9–10

  Regional compliance and framework mapping

  US, EU, and global obligations plus mapped control themes.

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  Appendices

  Customization notes, document history, and approval signatures.

Requirement themes addressed, not the verbatim policy language.

• Identify systems requiring backup based on business impact analysis and assign…
• Perform automated backups on schedules aligned with RPO for each data classification…
• Store backups in geographically separate locations with encryption at rest and in…
• Restrict backup access to authorized personnel
• Test restore procedures at least quarterly for critical systems
• Protect backups from ransomware via immutability, air-gapped copies
• Align backup scope with SaaS shared responsibility models and verify vendor backup SLAs.
• Document runbooks for full and partial restores including dependency order and…
• Retain backup copies per retention schedule coordinated with records management and…
• Report backup success rates, test outcomes