Securing backup data
Backup data often contains sensitive information such as customer details, employee records, intellectual property, and other proprietary or regulated data types. As such, properly securing backup data is imperative for mitigating compliance, contractual, and cybersecurity risks.
For storage, cloud-based backups are common given Salesforce’s cloud nature, but jurisdictional data sovereignty policies may dictate on-premises backups. In any case, backups should be stored separately from live data to limit exposure from single points of failure.
Managing access to backups is critical. This can be done with role-based controls, minimum privileges, and strict identity management. This ensures that only authorized individuals can view or modify backups. Encryption safeguards for data in transit and at rest using industry standards such as AES-256 are a must. Encryption keys should have robust life cycle management as well.
Monitoring backup operations...
