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.