Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Deploying Backup Security

Although the need for a backup strategy might seem obvious to most people, it is often surprising to find out how inadequately prepared many organizations are with regard to their backups. All too often, a company will discover that it is very easy to back up a server but often more difficult to restore. In addition to disaster recovery issues, the issue of backup security is often neglected.

File server backups require that an authenticated user account with the proper privileges copy data to a storage mechanism. This requirement ensures that not just anyone can back up an environment and run off with the tape. Keeping this point in mind, the tapes that contain server backups should be protected with the same caution ...