Audit-Ready Recovery

Audit-Ready Recovery is a recovery process whose controls, tests and results are documented in such a way that they can be demonstrated traceably to internal auditors, customers or regulatory bodies. The term is not a uniformly standardized norm, but summarizes the combination of recovery capability and verifiable evidence.

This typically includes documented responsibilities, retention rules, test logs, timestamps, approvals and evidence of which recovery points were tested and successfully restored. The decisive factor is that not only policies exist, but that the actual functionality of the recovery can be demonstrated repeatedly.

Audit-ready recovery supports Governance and Security as well as business continuity management. It gives organizations reliable information on whether their recovery processes are not only planned, but can also be carried out practically and traceably in an emergency.