Data Backup Policy

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Noolaham Foundation strives to both digitally preserve and provide access to a wide range of digitized material. The systems, used for storage purposes, should demonstrate reliability.

Objective of the Policy
Objective of the Data Backup policy is to ensure reliability and sustainability of the service rendered by Noolaham Foundation.

Commitment
Noolaham Foundation ensure that a rigorous systems and procedures are in place for backup and restoration in the event of human errors, disasters and technological advance

Policy Implementation
1. Currently, two backups are being taken:

a. Continent 2
b. Continent 7

2. By 2021, a complete backup should be sent to Continent 4.
3. By 2022, complete backups should be sent to the Continent 3a and Continent 3b.
4. Checksums are generated and monitored for at least one of these backups.
5. Applications are backed up periodically as per an established schedule.