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Our sector (healthcare, financial) has specific backup rules, what's the minimum we must arrange?

Sector regulators set hard requirements on backup frequency, retention and demonstrable restore. Generic SMB advice doesn't cover this. Read the specific legislation and align directly.

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  1. 1For healthcare: NEN 7510, GDPR and the Dutch UAVG give guidance on confidentiality and availability of patient data. Backups encrypted, off-site, tested and pseudonymisable for research. Retention often 15-20 years for medical records.
  2. 2For finance: DNB, AFM and ESMA guidance plus the BGfo demand integrity and demonstrability of transaction data. RTO is often tight (hours, not days) for payment processors.
  3. 3For accounting: 7 years of admin retention from the Dutch tax code. Backup data itself falls under that, not only the original.
  4. 4Translate legal duty into concrete tech: which retention in which tool, which immutability setting covers demonstrability, how do you log that restore actually worked.
  5. 5Schedule an annual audit check: can you show a record from 5 years ago in 30 minutes? In an inspection that's a realistic ask.
  6. 6Work with DPO or compliance, not just IT. Technically working isn't automatically legally compliant.

When to bring us in

In a regulator probe or audit where backup evidence is requested, don't let IT answer alone. Compliance, legal and leadership review first before anything goes external.

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