Azure Security Benchmark
Backup and Recovery

Azure Security Benchmark BR-2: Protect backup and recovery data

Protect backup data with encryption, immutability, soft delete, and multi-user authorisation against ransomware and insider threats.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 44 controls across 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-BACKUP-ML1 Regular Backups (ML1)
  • E8-BACKUP-ML2 Regular Backups (ML2)
  • E8-BACKUP-ML3 Regular Backups (ML3)

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CP-6 Alternate Storage Site
  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CP-6 Alternate Storage Site
  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.13 Information backup
  • 8.24 Use of cryptography

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-11.3 Protect Recovery Data
  • CIS-11.4 Establish and Maintain an Isolated Instance of Recovery Data

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.13 Information backup
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
  • NIST-CSF-RC.RP-03 The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure
  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • ANSSI-HYG-31 Encrypt Sensitive Data, in Particular on Equipment That May Be Lost

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • CFTC-SS-10 Geographic Dispersal of Backup Infrastructure and Personnel

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 8.3.5 Implementation of solutions

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 03.08.09 System Backup - Cryptographic Protection

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.1.1e Dual Authorization for Sensitive System Operations

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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You are reading one control. How much of Azure Security Benchmark have you already done?

Azure Security Benchmark BR-2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of Azure Security Benchmark your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 71 of 85 Azure Security Benchmark controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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