The operating system must conduct backups of user-level information contained in the operating system per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. User-level information is data generated by information system and/or application users. Backups shall be consistent with organizational recovery time and recovery point objectives.
- ID
- SV-216225r959010_rule
- Version
- SOL-11.1-090050
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
The operations staff shall install, configure, test, and verify operating system backup software.
Additionally, all backup procedures must be documented.