United States
- U.S. regulated or enterprise projects may require explicit RTO/RPO, restore tests, and support escalation commitments.
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Recovery planning
Backup and Disaster Recovery
How backup responsibility, frequency, retention, encryption, location, restore testing, RTO, RPO, disaster recovery ownership, and client-cloud responsibilities are defined.
How this page supports country onboarding
Country pages link here for enterprise, regulated, production, or hosted projects.
Important note
This page is general onboarding and review information. It is not legal, tax, regulatory, cybersecurity, financial, or compliance advice, and it does not create certification claims or service commitments. Final obligations belong in signed agreements and approved project documents.
Scope
Backup needs vary by project
Backup and disaster recovery requirements depend on system criticality, data sensitivity, uptime expectations, hosting model, budget, support hours, and contractual SLA. No project should assume zero downtime or zero data loss unless explicitly designed and contracted for it.
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What should be defined
A strong backup/DR plan defines backup responsibility, frequency, retention, encryption, storage location, restore testing, RTO, RPO, DR owner, production recovery process, database backup, file/object storage backup, source code backup, design/document backup, monitoring, and vendor dependencies.
Ownership
Client-owned cloud changes responsibility
For client-owned cloud environments, the client usually remains responsible for tenant ownership and any controls not expressly included in the SOW. VarenyaZ responsibilities should be stated explicitly.
Preparation
Buyer checklist
Define backup frequency and retention.
Define RTO and RPO expectations.
Confirm backup region and encryption requirements.
Confirm restore testing needs.
Confirm who owns recovery communications and incident escalation.
Review materials
Available artifacts
- Backup plan
- DR runbook summary
- Restore test record
- RTO/RPO agreement
- Critical dependency list
Local overlays
Country-specific notes
United Kingdom
- United Kingdom security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for United Kingdom: Legal review, Privacy review, Security review, UK transfer review when applicable.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned UK cloud, UK or EU hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
European Union / EEA
- European Union / EEA security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for European Union / EEA: GDPR review, SCC review, Security review, AI use-case review when applicable.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned EU cloud, EU-only hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
South Korea
- South Korea security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for South Korea: PIPA review, Cross-border transfer review, Security review, Procurement review, Regulated-industry review when applicable.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned South Korea cloud, South Korea region hosting by agreement, Limited production access model, No-production-data-access model.
Canada
- Canada security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for Canada: Privacy review, Security review, Procurement review.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned Canadian cloud, Canadian hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
Australia
- Australia security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for Australia: Privacy review, Security review, Procurement review.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned Australian cloud, Australian hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
Singapore
- Singapore security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for Singapore: Privacy review, Security review, Procurement review.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned Singapore cloud, Singapore hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
United Arab Emirates
- United Arab Emirates security review should use the project risk level, data categories, hosting model, access needs, and regulated-industry flags captured in technical discovery.
- Review flags for United Arab Emirates: Privacy review, Security review, Procurement review, Regulated-industry review when applicable.
- Hosting and access options to discuss: Client-owned UAE cloud, UAE hosting by agreement, Limited production access model.
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Connect this review to country onboarding
Use this page with the country onboarding guide so your legal, procurement, security, privacy, finance, and engineering teams have the right review path before contract signature.