10.5: Ensure All Backups Have at Least One Offline Backup Destination

Ensure that all backups have at least one offline (i.e., not accessible via a network connection) backup destination.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

Data

Protect

1, 2, 3

Dependencies

  • Sub-control 1.4: Maintain Detailed Asset Inventory

  • Sub-control 1.5: Maintain Asset Inventory Information

  • Sub-control 5.1: Establish Secure Configurations

Inputs

  1. Endpoint Inventory: List of endpoints

  2. Backup configuration policy assuming inclusion of “offline” backup destination

Operations

  1. Collect list of endpoints matching/not-matching policy specified by Input 2

Measures

  • M1 = List of endpoints

  • M2 = Count of M1

  • M3 = List of endpoints matching policy

  • M4 = Count of M3

  • M5 = List of endpoints not matching policy

  • M6 = Count of M5

Metrics

Coverage

Metric

What is the ratio of endpoints matching the backup configuration policy to the total number of endpoints?

Calculation

M4 / M2

Lack of Coverage

Metric

What is the ratio of endpoints not matching the backup configuration policy to the total number of endpoints?

Calculation

M5 / M2