Question

A financial services firm requires that transaction data be recoverable with minimal data loss after a disaster, but its current tape backups are physically couriered to an offsite location once each night. During an IS audit, which recommendation would BEST reduce the amount of data that could be lost between the last backup and a disaster event?

Accepted Answer

Implement electronic vaulting to transmit backups to the offsite location throughout the day

Answer

Increase the number of tape rotation cycles retained at the offsite facility

Answer

Relocate the offsite storage facility closer to the primary data center

Answer

Encrypt the backup tapes before they are couriered offsite