Application Security Discussion 3

 Topic: Backup Strategies

Assume you are a security professional. You are determining which of the following backup strategies will provide the best protection against data loss, whether from disk failure or natural disaster:

• Daily full server backups with hourly incremental backups
• Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) with periodic full backups
• Replicated databases and folders on high-availability alternate servers

Answer the following question(s):

1. Which backup strategy would you adopt? Why?

Fully address the question(s) in this discussion; provide valid rationale for your choices, where applicable, be sure to include three questions in your thread, and respond to at least three other students’ questions.

• Think of three questions you’d like to ask other students and add these to the end of your thread.
  • The questions must be taken from material you read in this week, and each question should start a discussion topic.

 Requirements:

• Sources: 2 References to Support your answer
• Citation Style: APA format
• Length: 2 – 3 paragraphs