The operating system must conduct backups of operating system documentation including security-related documentation per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that is consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

From Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000539

SV-60845r1_rule The operating system must conduct backups of operating system documentation including security-related documentation per organization-defined frequency to conduct backups that is consistent with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

Vulnerability discussion

Operating system backup is a critical step in maintaining data assurance and availability. System documentation is data generated for/by the host (such as logs) and/or administrative users.Backups shall be consistent with organizational recovery time and recovery point objectives.

Check content

The operations staff shall ensure that proper backups are created, tested, and archived. Ask the operator for documentation on the backup procedures implemented. If the backup procedures are not documented then this is a finding.

Fix text

The operations staff shall install, configure, test, and verify operating system backup software. Additionally, all backup procedures must be documented.

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