Server and System Backup (Data Backups)

  1. All SIMAD university critical data and software shall be backed up regularly onto archival storage media (periodically on weekly basis and for software at least quarterly respectively)
  2. University Data and information backup frequency shall be dictated by the rate of data and information changes and generation.
  3. The University data backup Standards must be followed in ensuring that the data backup  process if effective and reliable 
  4. Critical University data and information must be backed-up at least monthly to the archival storage media and kept for at least two years