Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
Build a plan to mitigate the risks associated with backing data up in the cloud.
Assess if the cloud is a good fit for your organization’s backup data.
Build a cloud challenge contingency plan.
Perform a gap analysis to determine cloud backup implementation initiatives.
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Understand how cloud backup will affect backup and recovery processes
Determine backup and recovery objectives
Assess the value proposition of cloud backup
A high-level understanding of the benefits of moving to cloud backup
A best-fit analysis of cloud backup in comparison to organizational needs
1.1 Document stakeholder goals for cloud backup
1.2 Document present backup processes
1.3 Document ideal backup processes
1.4 Review typical benefits of cloud backup
Documented stakeholder goals
Current backup process diagrams
Ideal backup process diagram
Identify candidate data sets for cloud-based backup
Determine RPOs and RTOs for candidate data sets
Identify potential value specific to each data set for targeting backup at the cloud
Evaluate organizational readiness for targeting backup at the cloud
Documented recovery objectives
Recommendations for cloud backup based on actual organizational needs and readiness
2.1 Document candidate data sets
2.2 Determine recovery point and recovery time objectives for candidate data sets
2.3 Identify potential value of cloud-based backup for candidate data sets
2.4 Discuss the risk and value of cloud-based backup versus an on-premises solution
2.5 Evaluate organizational readiness for cloud backup
2.6 Identify data sets to move to the cloud
Validated list of candidate data sets
Specific RPOs and RTOs for core data sets
An assessment of the value of cloud backup for data sets
A tool-based recommendation for moving backups to the cloud
Understand different cloud provider models and their specific risks
Identification of how cloud backup will affect IT infrastructure and personnel
Strategize ways to mitigate the most common challenges of implementing cloud backup
Understand the client/vendor relationship in cloud backup
Understand the affect of cloud backup on data security
Verified best-fit cloud provider model for organizational needs
Verified strategy for meeting the most common challenges for cloud-based backup
A strong understanding of how cloud backup will change IT
Strategies for approaching vendors to ensure a strong footing in negotiations and clear expectations for the client/vendor relationship
3.1 Discuss the impact of cloud backup on infrastructure and IT environment
3.2 Create a cloud backup risk contingency plan
3.3 Document compliance and security regulations
3.4 Identify client and vendor responsibilities for cloud backup
3.5 Discuss and document the impact of cloud backup on IT roles and responsibilities
3.6 Compile a list of implementation intiatives
3.7 Evaluate the financial case for cloud backup
Cloud risk assessment
Documented contingency strategies for probabe risks
Negotiation strategies for dealing with vendors
A committed go/no-go decision on the value of cloud backup weighted against the effort of implementation
Create a road map for implementing cloud backup
Determine any remaining gaps between the present state and the ideal state for cloud backup
Understand the steps and time frame for implementing cloud backup
Allocate roles and responsibilities for the implementation intitiative
A validated implementation road map
4.1 Perform a gap analysis to generate a list of implementation intiatives
4.2 Prioritize cloud backup initiatives
4.3 Assess risks and dependencies for critical implementation initiatives
4.4 Assign ownership over implementation tasks
4.5 Determine road map time frame and structure
4.6 Populate the roadmap with cloud backup initiatives
A validated gap analysis
A prioritized list of cloud backup initiatives
Documented dependencies and risks associated with implementation tasks
A roadmap for targeting backups at the cloud