S 6.22 Sporadic checks of the restorability of backups

Initiation responsibility: Head of IT Section, IT Security Management

Implementation responsibility: Administrator, IT users

For reconstruction of a data stock, the feasibility of achieving this objective by means of the existing backup copies of such data must be established. On account of technical defects, wrong parameterisation, inadequate data media management or non-compliance with the regulations prescribed under a data backup policy, it can happen that reconstruction of a data stock will not be possible. Therefore, sporadic checks are required to see whether the produced data backups can be used for the restoration of lost data.

Additional controls:

• When was a check last made to ascertain whether backed-up data can be reconstructed?