Re: untested backups

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Nov 12, 2007 1:46 PM, Tom Metro <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> Ummm...an untested backup is almost as bad as having no backups. 

Yup!  Insert wonderful example of backup to magnetic media on subway car :-) 
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.21.html#subj6

While studying for the CISSP All-In-One exam book by Shon Harris, she 
gives an example of a company who stored all their backups, but used 
the subway to transport them to the facility when it came time for 
restoration (so they were even tested!), but the subway trains created 
a magnetic filed that wiped the data on the way to the facility. 
Lesson learned?  Keep your data at the place of restoration and ensure 
it is tested :-) 
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen 

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