Does your organization conduct annual testing of backups and restores for all types of data sources?

Regular testing of backup and restore procedures ensures that data can be recovered in the event of data loss, corruption, or a security incident such as ransomware. Testing should cover all data sources including databases, file systems, configuration files, and application data to verify the integrity and recoverability of backed-up information. Evidence could include a backup testing schedule, documented test results showing successful restoration of different data types, a backup testing policy, or incident response runbooks that include backup restoration procedures with timestamps of the last test performed.