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Authorisation:
Name / Position Chris Day, Director of IT Services
Signature C Day
Accountability:
Position Line Managers
Responsibility:
Position Directors/ Heads of Department
Information Asset Owners
Revision History
Version Description Author Date
1 Initial version. William Mordaunt 19/04/2010
1 Annual Review No Change Steve Wicks 08/07/2014
References:
SOP DG09 Information Classification
SOP Text
Responsibility Activity
1. IT Services & The necessary level of backup information shall be defined for
Departments each system, detailing what needs to be backed up (e.g. entire
operating IT systems system, data partitions which ones, etc.)
2. IT Services & Records of the backup copies taken and the documented
Departments restoration procedures shall be maintained detailing what has
operating IT systems been backed up.
i.e. A record is maintained of what is being backed up and how to
restore it.
4. IT Services & At least three cycles of backup information shall be retained for
Departments business critical systems.
operating IT systems
5. IT Services & Backups taken for the purpose of disaster recovery shall be stored
Departments in a remote location, at a sufficient distance to escape damage
operating IT systems from a disaster at the site housing the system(s) backed up.
Backups taken for the purpose of protection against equipment
failure or user error shall be stored locally.
7. IT Services & Backup media shall be regularly tested to ensure that they can be
Departments relied upon for recovery of systems and data when required.
operating IT systems Testing shall also be conducted to verify the integrity of the
actual data itself held on backup media.
9. Information Asset Critical paper files shall also be backed up (e.g. by photocopying)
Owners and stored at a remote location.