IT Baseline Protection Manual S 6.20 Appropriate storage of backup data media
S 6.20 Appropriate storage of backup data media
Initiation responsibility: Head of IT Section, IT Security Management
Implementation responsibility: Administrator, IT users
Special requirements apply as regards storage of backup data media:
Only authorised persons may have access to these data media so as to prevent purloining.
Sufficient speed of access must be ensured in case of need.
As a safeguard in case of disaster, data backup media must be physically separated from the computer and, where possible, be held in a different fire lobby.
Attention must also be paid to the requirements entailed by S 2.3 Data media control.
Additional controls:
Where are the data media of the data backups for each computer held?
