Introduction

A backup consists of the duplication of information stored on physical servers or in the cloud. This practice facilitates the process of restoring a system in the event of an unforeseen incident (technical failure, cyberattack, catastrophe, etc.).

Cloud backups have significant advantages over other forms of information backup, but the essential benefits of managing cloud backups apply to the CIA triad:

• Confidentiality: robust encryption mechanisms guarantee the privacy of stored information.
• Integrity: the system applies algorithms that guarantee the relevance of the data and allow any attempt to alter them to be detected.
• Availability: the information, when and where it is needed.

Azure Backup is a secure and scalable backup solution based on storage needs. Allows you to define backup policies with different workloads for virtual machines, databases, file repositories, etc.