Control · OPS-01

Backups are performed daily and monitored

Operations & ResilienceSOC 2 · ISO 27001 · ITGC · RBIRisk Medium

Requirement to validation

What should be true

Production databases (Customer Portal RDS, payment ledger) and SAP HANA are backed up daily with encryption and cross-region copy; failed jobs are alerted and rerun within 24 hours.

Requirements
ISO-A.8.13 A.8.13 · Information backup
ITGC-OP-01 ITGC-OP-01 · Backups are performed, monitored and restorable
RBI-ITGRCA-2023-8 RBI-ITGRCA-2023 §8 · Business continuity and DR — backup, restoration testing and DR drills (RBI Master Direction on IT Governance, Risk, Controls and Assurance Practices, 2023)
SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 · Environmental protections, backup and recovery infrastructure
Testing procedure
AWS Backup plans + Azure Backup; alerts to IT Ops on-call. Tests: Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1): AWS Backup jobs succeeded in last 24h; Microsoft Azure (corporate): Azure Recovery Services vault jobs succeeded. Frequency daily.

Findings (1)

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FindingObservationControlApplicationsSeverityStatusOwnerActionValidation
F-IAQ2-OPS-01Failed backup jobs not followed upOPS-01Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1), Microsoft Azure (corporate)MediumClosedRahul NairREM-F-IAQ2-OPS-01 · ClosedValidated

Evidence (8)

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EvidenceTitleControlSource systemCollectedStatus
ITGC-REQ-027AWS: AWS Backup jobs succeeded in last 24hOPS-014 Oct 2026Accepted
ITGC-REQ-028Microsoft Azure: Azure Recovery Services vault jobs succeededOPS-019 Oct 2026Accepted
Q2-EV-026Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1) · policy document (Q2)OPS-01Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1)13 Jun 2026Accepted
Q2-EV-027Microsoft Azure (corporate) · screenshot (Q2)OPS-01Microsoft Azure (corporate)18 Jun 2026Rejected
RBI-REQ-023AWS: AWS Backup jobs succeeded in last 24hOPS-015 Oct 2026Accepted
RBI-REQ-024Microsoft Azure: Azure Recovery Services vault jobs succeededOPS-014 Oct 2026Accepted
SOC2-REQ-031AWS: AWS Backup jobs succeeded in last 24hOPS-014 Oct 2026Accepted
SOC2-REQ-032Microsoft Azure: Azure Recovery Services vault jobs succeededOPS-019 Oct 2026Accepted

Tests (4)

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TestControlCycleTestedByResultConfidence
TST-RBI-OPS-01OPS-01 · Backups are performed daily and monitoredQ3 2026 Unified Program Review7 Oct 2026Vikram Mehta, Farah Khan · Meridian Internal Audit (IS Audit cell)PassHigh
TST-ITGC-OPS-01OPS-01 · Backups are performed daily and monitoredQ3 2026 Unified Program Review4 Oct 2026Vikram Mehta, Farah Khan · Meridian Internal AuditPassHigh
TST-SOC2-OPS-01OPS-01 · Backups are performed daily and monitoredQ3 2026 Unified Program Review3 Oct 2026Laura Bennett · Kestrel Assurance LLPPassHigh
TST-Q2-OPS-01OPS-01 · Backups are performed daily and monitoredQ2 2026 Unified Program Review18 Jun 2026Farah Khan, Vikram Mehta · Meridian Internal AuditFailHigh