AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change
Summary
Updated AWS Backup description to include ransomware recovery capabilities, fixed broken link, corrected apostrophe usage, and replaced 'backup resource assignment' with 'backup selection rule' terminology.
Security assessment
Explicitly adds 'ransomware recovery' as a security feature of AWS Backup, enhancing documentation of security capabilities. No specific vulnerability is addressed, but it highlights protection against ransomware threats.
Diff
diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/backup-recovery/aws-backup.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/backup-recovery/aws-backup.md index bcd25ae3b..ce84887a3 100644 --- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/backup-recovery/aws-backup.md +++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/backup-recovery/aws-backup.md @@ -5 +5 @@ -[Documentation](/index.html)[AWS Prescriptive Guidance](https://aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/)[Backup and recovery approaches on AWS](welcome.html) +[Documentation](/index.html)[AWS Prescriptive Guidance](https://aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/)[Backup and recovery approaches on AWS](introduction.html) @@ -9 +9 @@ -AWS Backup is a fully managed backup service centralizing and automating the backup of data across AWS services. AWS Backup provides an orchestration layer that integrates Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Organizations, and other services. This centralized, AWS Cloud native solution provides global backup capabilities that can help you achieve your disaster recovery and compliance requirements. Using AWS Backup, you can centrally configure backup policies and monitor backup activity for AWS resources. +AWS Backup is a fully managed backup service centralizing and automating the backup of data across AWS services. AWS Backup provides an orchestration layer that integrates Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Organizations, and other services. This centralized, enterprise-scale solution gives you global restore, disaster recovery, ransomware recovery, and comprehensive compliance that is fully AWS Cloud native. Using AWS Backup, you can centrally configure backup policies and monitor backup activity for AWS resources. @@ -15 +15 @@ If you have compliance and audit requirements, you can use the [AWS Backup Audit -A key differentiator for AWS Backup is support for Organizations. Using this support, you can define and manage backup policies at the organization or organizational unit level and automatically have those policies implemented for each related AWS account and Region. As you onboard new AWS accounts and Regions, you don’t have to define and manage backup plans separately. +A key differentiator for AWS Backup is support for Organizations. Using this support, you can define and manage backup policies at the organization or organizational unit level and automatically have those policies implemented for each related AWS account and Region. As you onboard new AWS accounts and Regions, you don't have to define and manage backup plans separately. @@ -19 +19 @@ AWS Backup can make it easier for you to implement an organization-wide backup p -For example, you could create a daily backup plan that starts a backup at 05:00 UTC on a daily basis and has a 35-day retention policy. This backup plan can include a [backup resource assignment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources.html) that specifies that any supported AWS resource with the tag key **backup** and tag value **daily** will be backed up according to this plan. Additionally, you could create a monthly backup plan that starts at 05:00 UTC on the first day of each month and has a 366-day retention policy. This backup plan can include a backup resource assignment that specifies that any supported AWS resource with the tag key **backup** and tag value **monthly** will be backed up according to this plan. +For example, you could create a daily backup plan that starts a backup at 05:00 UTC on a daily basis and has a 35-day retention policy. This backup plan can include a backup selection rule that specifies that any supported AWS resource with the tag key **backup** and tag value **daily** will be backed up according to this plan. Additionally, you could create a monthly backup plan that starts at 05:00 UTC on the first day of each month and has a 366-day retention policy. This backup plan can include a backup selection rule that specifies that any supported AWS resource with the tag key **backup** and tag value **monthly** will be backed up according to this plan. @@ -37 +37 @@ Designing a backup and recovery solution -Amazon S3 +Backup and recovery using Amazon S3