Off-site Data Protection

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Off-site Data Protection is the strategy of sending business critical data to an off-site location as part of an IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Data is usually transported off-site using removable storage media such as magnetic tape, but can also be sent off-site electronically via a remote backup service. Sending data offsite electronically is also known as Electronic Vaulting (or E-Vaulting).

Although some organizations manage and store their own off-site backups, many chose to have their backups managed and stored by third parties who specialize in the commercial protection of offsite data.

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The storage of off-site data is also known as vaulting as backups are stored in purpose built vaults. There are no generally recognized standards for the type of structure which constitutes a vault. That said, commercial vaults typically fit into three categories:

  • Underground vaults - These are often converted defunct cold war military or communications facilities, or even disused mines.
  • Free-standing dedicated vaults
  • Insulated chambers sharing facilities - These are often implemented within existing record center buildings.

Data Protection Statutes are usually non-prescriptive in how data is to be protected, but they increasingly require the active protection of data.

Statutes which mandate the protection of data are:

  • Thomas F. LINNEN, et als v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., et als, (Mass. Super. Court, No. 97-2307).
  • Linnen v. Robins, 1999 WL 462015, 10 Mass. L.Rptr. 189 (Mass Super. Court, 1999).
  • FJS Electronics v. Fidelity Bank
  • Zubulake v. UBS Warburg
  • Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc. v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 2005 Extra LEXIS 94 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Mar. 23, 2005).


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