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HSE National Policy

National Policy for Backup and Restore


Topic: Technology backup and restore
Document Owner: Deputy chief technology officer
National Group: Office of the chief information officer
Effective From: 16 August 2024
Establishes a National Standard for backup and recovery.

This policy establishes a National Standard for backup and recovery that includes backup system policies, Recovery Point Objective (RPO), retention periods, monitoring, testing, roles, and responsibilities. This Standard policy is only applicable when the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is 24 hours or more. If the requirement is a more demanding RPO, the business must implement a High Availability solution.