What data backup software features IT should be looking for to ensure data security and compliance for your business

When businesses look for a data backup software solution, it’s important to understand what data backup software features ensure data security and compliance. This blog post looks at what data backup software features IT should require in a solution that provides them with data security and data security compliance.

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Security & Compliance

Data backup software must equip organizations with secure data backups and data recovery, the solution must ensure that all business data is protected from unauthorized and unlawful access by third parties and must provide effective endpoint device protection. Businesses need a solution that protects their confidential data and helps them ensure that all data migration projects are secure and simpler.

A technical overview: Data Backup software features for security and compliance

1.The data backup software should provide version control of backed up files.

1.1. The system should have features that provide the ability to restore previous versions of a file.
1.2. The data backup software should retain files that are deleted on the endpoint for auditing and legal purposes. This allows companies to pull an audit report and to improve data security.

2. The software should ensure strong Data encryption on backed-up data.
2.1. Data Backup Software supplier must be a certified Cryptography Service Provider (CSP/2007/005) SADOC RFC2616, registered with the Department of Communications.

2.2. Must utilize a standard for encryption: SSL, BLOWFISH, SHA-1, MD5 and Kerberos.

2.3. The backup data for each user must be encrypted using Blowfish 448bit (CBC mode) before being transmitted to the Backup Server.

2.4. The libraries that perform the encryption and decryption of data must be part of the standard SDK’s Cryptography Extension. A symmetric encryption key should be uniquely generated per user to ensure that access to data remains on a ‘per user’ level.

2.5. Each file must be encrypted using a combination of the encryption key and a random salt. This should provide additional level of security by protecting against deciphering techniques such as brute force attacks.

3. System must be able to backup user data residing on encrypted hard drives.

3.1. Must support backing up data on a computer using full disk encryption or a volume based encryption system.

These listed data backup software features help ensure that business data is effectively protected and secure.

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