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Disaster Recovery as a Service
Disaster Recovery as a Service
Who it's for:
  • System auditors
  • System engineers
  • System architects
  • System administrators
  • Cloud engineers
  • Cloud architects
  • Cloud administrators
  • Project coordinators

Disaster Recovery as a Service

Release Date: 05/13/2021

Working Group: Security as a Service

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a cloud computing service model that allows an organization to back up its data and IT infrastructure in a third-party cloud computing environment. This as-a-service model enables an organization to regain access and functionality to its IT infrastructure after a disaster. For the model to be effective, cloud service providers must supply backup and recovery that seamlessly ensures operational resilience in-line with the customer’s business and compliance requirements.

This document by the Security as a Service Working Group aims to increase awareness of recent changes in backup and disaster recovery services and technologies. We discuss the different DRaaS architectures, services offered, and security best practices, making it possible to regain access and functionality after a disaster.

Key Takeaways:
  • The proper division of shared responsibilities between the cloud provider and the cloud customer for different DRaaS services
  • The features, advantages, and disadvantages of four architectural models: one non-DRaaS model (in-house own data center no cloud) and three DRaaS models (in-house own data center with cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud)
  • The types of backup and disaster recovery services
  • Which best practice considerations should be addressed to ensure that DRaaS Services are secure, including usable checklists
  • The most significant benefits of DRaaS services and why you should use them as part of your disaster recovery plan
  • The definitions of different cloud architectures from multiple sources including NIST, ISO, and IBM
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Acknowledgements

Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Michael Roza is a seasoned risk, audit, control and compliance, and cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience across multinational enterprises and startups. As a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Research member for over 10 years, he has led and contributed to more than 140 CSA projects spanning Zero Trust, AI, IoT, Top Threats, DecSecOps, Cloud Key Management, Cloud Control Matrix, and many others.

He has co-chaired...

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Ashish Vashishtha
Ashish Vashishtha
Security Compliance Leader

Ashish Vashishtha

Security Compliance Leader

Analytical, results-oriented IS/IT Audit, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) leader over 19 years of experience managing enterprise-wide IT/IS security risk approach for large healthcare and IT services organizations. Passionate design thinker with an ability to harness innovation by facilitating collaboration to develop enterprise-wide security risk assessments (onsite as well as remote) for high-risk Third-Parties leveraging NIST 800-...

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Shamun Mahmud
Shamun Mahmud
Senior Research Analyst, CSA

Shamun Mahmud

Senior Research Analyst, CSA

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Balaji Karumanchi
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Balaji Karumanchi

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