Backup and Recovery considerations

1. CSPs should provide assurance in securing customer data backed up to the cloud for the purpose of fault tolerance and disaster recovery.

2.Solutions might include

    + SSL/TLS secure transfer

    + Encrypted storage

    + Password protections

    + Geo-redundant storage

    + Continuous backup

    + Express restore

    + De duplication (finding and removing duplication within data without compromising it's fidelity or integrity allowing a more intelligent form of data compression)