HIGH

Ensure backup plans include cross-region copy for disaster recovery

Cross-region backup copies provide protection against regional disasters and enable recovery in secondary regions.

Security Impact

Regional disasters or outages prevent recovery if all backups are in a single region.

How to Remediate

Configure backup plans to copy recovery points to a secondary region. Consider geographic distance for disaster recovery planning.

Affected Resources

AWS::Backup::BackupPlan

Compliance Frameworks

Business ContinuityDisaster RecoverySOC 2

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Check Details

Check ID
aws-backup-5
Service
AWS Backup
Category
Disaster Recovery
Severity
HIGH

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