Data Backup and Recovery (CYBER PRO TRAIN)

This course on Data Backup and Recovery emphasizes that backups are not just technical tasks but essential elements of a robust IT security strategy. It covers the fundamentals of backups, types of data loss, and key concepts like snapshots, redundancy, and restore processes.

Learners explore backup models (full, incremental, differential), storage options (local, network, cloud), and critical policies like RPO, RTO, and retention. Security aspects include encryption, access control, and ransomware isolation.

The course also focuses on restoration methods, integrity checks, automation, monitoring, and centralized management. Practical components include simulations, audit reporting, and responses to real-world incidents like ransomware and full system failure.

About this course

Objectives

• Understand backups as a strategic component of IT security
• Learn types of data loss and backup models (full, incremental, differential)
• Explore storage options: local, network, and cloud
• Understand backup policies (RPO, RTO, retention) and data classification
• Study encryption, access control, and isolation from ransomware
• Learn restoration processes, testing, automation, and reporting

Outcomes

• Explain the role of backups in cybersecurity and risk management.
• Choose and implement appropriate backup models and storage strategies.
• Apply security best practices for protecting backup data.
• Configure policies for recovery objectives and retention.
• Perform and verify data restoration, including bare-metal recovery.
• Monitor, automate, and manage backups in real-world environments.

Target audience

• Professionals, including SME employees and Public Administration staff, looking to enhance their cybersecurity knowledge 

Program

• Introduction 
• Types of backup
• Different options for storing backups ( media and storage). 
• Policies 
• Security 
• Restoration
• Monitoring and automation. 
• Simulations and recovery 

Additional resources (individual study)

• Cisco Networking Academy: https://www.netacad.com/ 
  Veeam University: Veeam University Free: Your Journey to Veeam Expertise Starts Here 
  CSL Academy: https://csl.academy/product/data-backup-recovery-course/