Employees, data, and resources are three of the biggest assets in any given organization. With concepts such as mobility and cloud access becoming nearly ubiquitous, the ability of company staff to protect and recover data and/or resources spread out across disparate environments is especially vital for continued success.

This policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, provides guidelines for the recovery of data from company-owned or company-purchased resources, equipment and/or services.

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  BACKUPS 

  Backups are a key element regardless of the scenario and are therefore the foundation of this policy. All company data must be backed up on at least a daily basis, whether it resides in-house, outside the organization, or on servers, workstations, or mobile devices. There should never be a single copy of critical data. Multiple copies should exist in the form of backups or synchronization to a remote disaster recovery site. Where possible, a secure offsite storage service should be used. This will protect data against a site failure, such as a power outage or physical damage.

  IT staff will determine how and where backups take place. They may occur locally or using cloud-based services, so long as standards for the protection of sensitive information are met (see the next section) and any regulatory safeguards that may apply to the organization are adhered to.

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