LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY 3.1 The Constitution of the republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) prescribes certain values and principles that should be followed by public officials. tape drives, compact discs, stiffy disks or memory cards 3. 2.4 Storage Media is a device used to store backup data for safekeeping, e.g. 2.3 Restore - The process of bringing off line storage data back from the offline media and putting it on an online storage system such as a file server. 2.2 Archive - The saving of old or unused files onto magnetic tape or other offline mass storage media for the purpose of releasing on-line storage space. DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS 2.1 Backup - The saving of files onto magnetic tape or other offline mass storage media for the purpose of preventing loss of data in the event of equipment failure or destruction. PURPOSE AND INTENTION OF THE POLICY 1.1 The purpose of this policy is to protect municipal electronic data and records in case of accidental loss 1.2 To provide schedules for backing up municipal data for safekeeping 1.3 To ensure lost data due to forces beyond human control is restored in a reliable and up to date format 1.4 To provide guidelines for safeguarding and disposing of backup media 1.5 To protect municipal electronic data so that it can be recovered in the event of an equipment failure or intentional destruction of data 1.6 To regulate the backup frequencies for municipal electronic data 1.7 To comply with applicable legislation with regard to storing and archiving of municipal electronic records and information 2. Purpose and Intention of the Policy Definitions of concepts Legislative Authority Scope responsibilty Frequency of data Backup Backup Media (tape) Data to be backed up Archiving Restoring of backup data Backup media storage location Approval of the policyģ 1.
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