Finding · F-ISO-01

SAP HANA restore test exceeded RTO (internal ISMS audit, carried into surveillance)

ClosedBCP-01 · Backup restore and DR are testedOperations & ResilienceQ3 2026 Unified Program Review
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Observation
Raised 2026-09-16 in the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Surveillance Audit — 2026 (Northgate Certification Services). Classified as a minor nonconformity. SAP HANA restore test exceeded RTO (internal ISMS audit, carried into surveillance).
Applications: Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1), Microsoft Azure (corporate).
Potential risk
The control may not operate consistently, weakening reliance by auditors and the regulator.
Root cause
Restore runbook restored logs serially and the DR instance was undersized.
Agreed action plan

Restore runbook revised (parallel log restore), DR instance resized; retest on 2026-10-07 completed in 3h10m within 4h RTO.

Management response: Restore runbook revised (parallel log restore), DR instance resized; retest on 2026-10-07 completed in 3h10m within 4h RTO.

Owner (FPR)
Rahul Nair
Target date
16 Oct 2026
Priority
Medium
Status
Closed

Evidence for this control (8)

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EvidenceTitleControlSource systemCollectedStatus
ISO-REQ-020AWS: Portal DB restore test reportBCP-018 Oct 2026Accepted
ISO-REQ-021Microsoft Azure: SAP HANA restore test reportBCP-017 Oct 2026Accepted
ITGC-REQ-029AWS: Portal DB restore test reportBCP-019 Oct 2026Under review
Q2-EV-028Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1) · screenshot (Q2)BCP-01Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1)23 Jun 2026Accepted
Q2-EV-029Microsoft Azure (corporate) · system export (Q2)BCP-01Microsoft Azure (corporate)4 Jun 2026Accepted
RBI-REQ-025AWS: Portal DB restore test reportBCP-014 Oct 2026Accepted
RBI-REQ-026Microsoft Azure: SAP HANA restore test reportBCP-019 Oct 2026Accepted
SOC2-REQ-033AWS: Portal DB restore test reportBCP-019 Oct 2026Under review

Tests of this control (3)

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TestControlCycleTestedByResultConfidence
TST-ISO-BCP-01BCP-01 · Backup restore and DR are testedQ3 2026 Unified Program Review7 Oct 2026Suresh Pillai · Northgate Certification ServicesPassHigh
TST-RBI-BCP-01BCP-01 · Backup restore and DR are testedQ3 2026 Unified Program Review1 Oct 2026Vikram Mehta, Farah Khan · Meridian Internal Audit (IS Audit cell)PassHigh
TST-Q2-BCP-01BCP-01 · Backup restore and DR are testedQ2 2026 Unified Program Review20 Jun 2026Farah Khan, Vikram Mehta · Meridian Internal AuditPass with ObservationMedium