Backup Protection (BCM-005-R003) - BCM-005

Requirement Details & Guidance

BCM-005-R003 · BCM-005

Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to protect backup confidentiality, integrity, and availability through encryption, access controls, immutable storage, and malware/ransomware protections and to ensure BCDR capabilities remain aligned with business needs, recovery objectives, and organizational risk.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for protect backup confidentiality, integrity, and availability through encryption, access controls, immutable storage, and malware/ransomware protections. Define accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, criteria and thresholds, review frequency, exception handling, monitoring, reporting, and evidence requirements. Integrate the activity with risk management, incident response, technology operations, asset management, third-party management, and relevant business processes.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

BCM-005-R003 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

Common Audit Findings

Common Mistakes

Best Practices & Ownership

BCM-005 · Recommended Approach

Recommended Practices

Typical Owner

Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

Harmonized Control Mappings

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 11 – Data Recovery: 11.3 – Protect Recovery Data	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.07 – Manage backup arrangements. 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.03 – Develop and implement a business continuity response.	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 12(2) – Backup systems and periodic testing of backup/restoration/recovery procedures Article 12(4) – Redundant ICT capacities	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1)(b) – Confidentiality, integrity, availability and access resilience; Article 32(1)(c) – Timely restoration of availability and access	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.312(i) Standard: Data backup and recovery	US Law	vCurrent	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.13-3.2.1 – Data backup; §2.6-3.1 – Backup and Restoration	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
ISO22301	ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.3.4 – Resource requirements; 8.3.5 – Implementation of solutions; 8.4.5 – Recovery	ISO Standard	v2019	View →
ISO27002	ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 8.13 – Information backup	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(c) – Business continuity, including backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: RC.RP – Incident Recovery Plan Execution \| RC.RP-03 – The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.6 – CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CP-9 – SYSTEM BACKUP, CP-10 – SYSTEM RECOVERY AND RECONSTITUTION	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Operational Review; Business Continuity Plan – Disaster Recovery (DR)	India Standard	vLatest	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 9.4.1.1 – Offline media backups with cardholder data; 9.4.1.2 – The security of the offline media backup	PCI Standard	v4	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.4 BCP/DR supporting cyber resilience, rapid recovery and secure resumption aligned to RTOs	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 6.1 RC.RP: Incident Recovery Plan Execution	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: A1.2 – Availability – The entity authorizes, designs, develops or acquires, implements, operates, approves, maintains, and monitors environmental protections, software, data backup processes, and recovery infrastructure to meet its objectives. A1.3 – Availability – The entity tests recovery plan procedures supporting system recovery to meet its objectives. CC7.5 – System Operations – The entity identifies, develops, and implements activities to recover from identified security incidents.	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCM)

Purpose:

To maintain business operations and recover technology systems in the event of a disruption.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Parent Control Context

Control Baseline

Control Name:

Backup & Recovery Management (BCM-005)

Summary:

Establishes backup and recovery including backup strategy, scheduling, protection, retention, verification, recovery testing, data restoration, reporting, review, and continuous improvement.

Business Description:

Establish and maintain processes for backup, retention, protection, restoration, verification, and recovery of organizational data, systems, applications, and configurations.

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