backup policy
Secondary action strategy
A backup policy is a set of rules governing how data is copied and stored for recovery purposes.
It typically specifies what gets backed up, how often, where copies are stored, and how long they're retained: The company's backup policy requires daily incremental backups and weekly full backups.
Organizations develop backup policies to protect against data loss from hardware failure, cyberattacks, or human error.
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- disaster recoveryRestoring systems after catastrophe
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- restore pointSaved system state
data loss · snapshot · archive · redundancy · failover · storage · off-site storage · cloud · cloud storage · sync · retention · schedule · incremental · differential · full backup · tape · server · compliance