Quickly and Efficiently Respond to Backup Audits
While no two IT audits are alike, when assessing the effectiveness of a company’s data protection controls auditors often look for the following:
- An auditable trail that proves data is being backed up successfully.
- An auditable trail that proves data is restorable.
- Proof that the supporting processes associated with data backup and restore can be reproduced.
- The ability to take random samplings of servers or clients that demonstrate data has been successfully backed up or that data can be successfully restored. (Some auditors have even been known to request certain data be restored from a specific point in time, such as two weeks earlier or over a holiday weekend.)
Bocada Prism enables users to automate the process of creating reports for auditors, significantly reducing the time it takes to respond to an internal or external audit. As Prism tracks historical information from the moment it begins collecting data, it only takes clicks of the mouse to create historical reports proving that the organization was making best efforts to protect its data. Prism is so effective for backup audits, that the Securities and Exchange Commission uses the product to manage its data protection environment.
In addition, the alerting, troubleshooting and policy management functionality in Prism helps users fine tune the data protection environment to improve overall operations and help ensure that audits show successful results.
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