Data Backups

Question 1

What is a Data Backup?

Answer 1

Process of creating duplicate copies of digital information to protect against data loss, corruption, or unavailability

Question 2

What is an Onsite Backup?

Answer 2

Storing data copies in the same location as the original data

Question 3

What is an Offsite Backup?

Answer 3

Storing data copies in a geographically separate location to protect against physical disasters

Question 4

What is the Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?

Answer 4

Ensures that the backup plan will maintain the amount of data required to keep any data loss under the organization’s RPO threshold

Question 5

What is a Data-at-rest Encryption?

Answer 5

Encrypting data as it is written to storage

Question 6

What is a Data-in-transit Encryption?

Answer 6

Protecting data during transmission

Question 7

What are Snapshots?

Answer 7

Point-in-time copies of the data that captures a consistent state

Question 8

What is Data Recovery?

Answer 8

Regaining access to data in case of loss or system failure; a well-defined and tested recovery plan is essential

Question 9

What is Replication?

Answer 9

Real-time or near-real-time data copying to maintain data continuity

Question 10

What is Journaling?

Answer 10

Maintaining a detailed record of data changes over time