BACKUP POLICY
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Document Identification |
HSNZ/POL/15 |
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Document Name |
Backup Policy |
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Master Copy |
CISO |
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Version Number |
1.3 |
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Date Of Release |
15 Aug 2023 |
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Prepared By |
Eparama Tuibenau |
CISO |
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Approved by |
Kevin McAfee |
Managing Director |
VERSION HISTORY
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Sl No |
Version No. |
Prepared by |
Approved by |
Description of Version |
Date |
Reason for Version Change |
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From |
To |
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1 |
1.0 |
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CISO |
MD |
First Release |
14 Apr 2020 |
No changes made |
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1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
CISO |
MD |
Updated |
26 Jun 2021 |
Modifications due to changes in HealthSafe |
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1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
CISO |
MD |
Reviewed |
28 Jul 2022 |
Annual review |
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1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
CISO |
MD |
Reviewed |
15 Aug 2023 |
Annual review |
DOCUMENT STATUS
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Date |
Document Status |
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14 Apr 2020 |
Modified |
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26 Jun 2021 |
Reviewed |
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28 Jul 2022 |
Reviewed |
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15 Aug 2023 |
Current |
Table of Contents
1 Purpose
2 Scope
3 Input
4 Output
5 Interacting Process
6 Abbreviations, Acronyms and Definitions
7 Procedure
8 Monitoring the Process
9 Records
- PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to establish and maintain a policy for backups for HealthSafe. - SCOPE
These procedures apply to all aspects of backup. - ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
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Abbreviation |
Description |
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FH |
Functional Head |
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IT |
Information Technology Department |
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CISO |
Chief Information Security Officer |
4 INPUT
To backup business-critical user data and intellectual property data
5 OUTPUT
- Production environment database backup every 30 minutes
- Development, production, and test environments databases and files backed up every 24hrs
- Production files are backed up once a week
- AMI image server backup every 5 days
6 INTERACTING PROCESS
- IT
7 PROCEDURE
- The IT team has automated the AWS backup process for Source Code, DB, and User Documents stored with HealthSafe NZ server located in Sydney AU.
- A Backup Log is maintained to ensure the successful completion of backup jobs and for recovery restoration.
Testing of Backup and Scheduled restoration
The IT Team shall verify the backup of critical servers and devices, and applications on a regular basis to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the backup.
On completion of the restoration process, the files should be checked and integrity verified. On satisfactory completion of the restoration process.
8 MONITORING THE PROCESS
- Ensuring the backup set is available and accessible at all times
9 RECORDS
- Backup log