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Air Gapping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>Air gapping is a security mechanism that physically or logically isolates a data resource from the production environment or external networks, including the internet, to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Backup Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A backup policy is a documented set of rules that defines how an organization creates, stores, protects, and verifies backup copies. It sets consistent requirements for data recovery across systems, applications, and storage environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Backup Window<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A backup window is a scheduled period during which automated software creates and secures data without interrupting production environments or CI\/CD pipelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cloud-to-cloud Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloud-to-cloud backup is the practice of backing up data stored on one cloud service\/app to another secure cloud storage to ensure comprehensive data protection and fast recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data Retention Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A data retention policy is a set of guidelines detailing how long an organization must store its digital assets and when to delete them. It transforms chaotic data accumulation into a predictable, compliant lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fundamentally, a full backup is a comprehensive backup variant that creates a complete and exact copy of your entire selected dataset at a single moment in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Incremental Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incremental backup is a data protection strategy that captures the files, repositories, or data blocks that have been created or modified since the last backup operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore key strategy that allows you to recover data to a specific moment right before an outage happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recovery Point Objective (RPO)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is a foundational metric within any disaster recovery (DR) plan that measures how much data an organization can tolerate losing after an outage, breach, or disruptive event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recovery Time Objective (RTO)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines the maximum acceptable amount of time your applications, systems, or data can be unavailable before causing significant harm to your business operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Restore Verification (Test Restore)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A backup is useless if it cannot be used when a crisis comes. Restore verification is a way to ensure that data can be recovered and made operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SaaS Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SaaS backup (Software as a Service backup) is the process of copying data generated in a cloud-based application (for example Microsoft 365, Confluence) to a secure, isolated location in order to protect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air Gapping Air gapping is a security mechanism that physically or logically isolates a data resource from the production environment or external networks, including the internet, to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Backup Policy A backup policy is a documented set of rules that defines how an organization creates, stores, protects, and verifies backup copies. It sets consistent requirements for data recovery across systems, applications, and storage environments. Backup Window A backup window is a scheduled period during which automated software creates and secures data without interrupting production environments or CI\/CD pipelines. Cloud-to-cloud Backup Cloud-to-cloud backup is the practice of backing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post--single"],"yoast_head":"\nBackup Glossary - GitProtect.io<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out about the most common terms related to setting up and managing backups. 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