Managed backup and disaster recovery is a provider taking the copies and promising to bring the organisation back; data backup and disaster recovery services and managed cloud backup are the same promise with the copy in the provider's cloud. For the owner or office manager who has been handed security, the promise is worth exactly one thing: a restore that has been tested, on a date, with the time it took written down. Data backup and recovery in healthcare adds the Security Rule's requirements for contingency planning and the business associate agreement the provider must sign. This page is about the test and the healthcare version, and the free policy sheet on this site sizes the written programme the backup policy belongs to, from the organisation's own facts with no account.
The restore test
A backup that has never been restored is a hope. The contract should name a restore test at least twice a year, what is restored, how long it took and who watched; the recovery time that test measures is the disaster recovery promise, and a provider that will not put it in writing has not made one.
The copy the attacker cannot reach
Managed cloud backup earns its price when the copy is off the organisation's network and cannot be deleted by anyone who has taken over the organisation's accounts; ask how the provider prevents that, because ransomware operators delete backups first. CISA's guidance names the offline copy among the basics.
Healthcare's version
Data backup and recovery in healthcare sits under the HIPAA Security Rule's contingency planning standard, which asks a covered entity to have a data backup plan, a disaster recovery plan and an emergency mode operation plan, and the provider holding the copies is a business associate with an agreement to sign. The policy sheet on this site adds a policy when health information is held; Hardenvo Pro writes it with the organisation's facts and keeps it current at one flat price.
Questions people ask about managed backup and disaster recovery
What should a managed backup contract prove?
A tested restore on a date with the time it took, a copy off the network the attacker cannot delete, and a written recovery time.
What does managed cloud backup add?
The copy in the provider's cloud, off the organisation's network; ask how deletion by a compromised account is prevented.
What does healthcare add?
The Security Rule's contingency plans and a business associate agreement with the provider; the free policy sheet adds the policy when health information is held.