RES-03 · Resilience and Response

Backups that restore

Backups exist, are protected from the same failure as production, and restoration is tested.

5frameworks fully address it
2partially
1leave it out
SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST CSF PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR EU AI Act NIST AI RMF
1Where each framework asks for it
  • SOC 2FullA1.2
  • ISO 27001FullA.8.13
  • NIST CSFFullPR.DS-11
  • PCI DSSPartial12.10.1 Referenced through recovery in incident response.
  • HIPAAFull164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A)
  • GDPRFullArt. 32(1)(c)
  • EU AI ActAbsent Not addressed.
  • NIST AI RMFPartialMANAGE 4.3 Resilience to failure.

Build the control once against this objective and cite the clause each auditor asks about. A partial mapping says what the framework leaves out; an absence is a finding about the framework, not a gap in your program.

2What usually proves it

Backup configuration, restore test records, retention.

?Why it exists

An untested backup is a hope with a storage bill.

For a smaller organizationOne restore test a year, written down.