164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A) Data Backup Plan (Required)
164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A) in HIPAA Security Rule (the HIPAA Security Rule as it currently stands). All HIPAA Security Rule controls held. Open HIPAA Security Rule on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Data Backup Plan (Required). Establish procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of ePHI. NIST recommends offline or immutable backups, encryption, and regular restoration testing.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure (closest match)
- SOC2-A1.3 A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures (closest match)
- SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.5 CC6.5 Protecting data on assets until disposal (closest match)
- SOC2-PI1.1 PI1.1 Quality information about processing objectives, data definitions and specifications (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-CP-9 CP-9 System Backup (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: Administrative), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the risk analysis and risk-management records
- the workforce clearance, training and sanction records
- the access-authorisation and termination records
- the contingency-plan test and evaluation records