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Backup Policy

Draft template. This is generic starting content, not a reviewed or binding company policy. Have Legal review and approve before publishing externally.

Principles​

  • Production data is backed up on a regular schedule appropriate to its criticality.
  • Backups are tested periodically to confirm they can be restored.
  • Backup storage is protected with access controls and, where applicable, encryption.

Typical schedule​

Data type

Frequency

Retention

Transactional/database

Daily

Rolling 30 days

Configuration

On change

Last 5 versions

Full system

Weekly

Rolling 3 months

Actual schedules vary by deployment (cloud vs on-premise) — confirm with the infrastructure team for a specific environment.