Why might an organization choose to retain data longer than the minimum legal requirement?

To comply with a vendor's software license agreement

To support potential litigation or internal investigations

To simplify the backup process by avoiding multiple backup types

To reduce the cost of backup storage

Which factor is most likely to determine the retention period for financial records in an organization?

The amount of storage space available on the backup server

The personal preference of the IT administrator

Regulatory requirements such as tax laws

What is the primary purpose of a data backup in an organization's data protection strategy?

To permanently store data that is no longer actively used but must be retained for compliance

To provide real-time replication of data to a secondary site for immediate failover

To encrypt data so that unauthorized users cannot read it

To create a duplicate copy of data that can be used to restore original information after loss or corruption

A bank is required by regulation to retain customer transaction records for 10 years. The bank's IT department wants to move the records off the primary database to reduce costs. The records are rarely accessed but must be retrievable within 24 hours for audits. Which approach best meets the regulatory and operational requirements?

Archive transaction records to a low-cost storage system with a 10-year retention policy and a retrieval SLA of under 24 hours.

Delete transaction records older than 10 years from the primary database.

Compress the transaction records and store them in the primary database for 10 years.

Keep transaction records in the primary database for 10 years and then delete them.

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Why might an organization choose to retain data longer than the minimum legal requirement?
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A bank is required by regulation to retain customer transaction records for 10 years. The bank's IT department wants to move the records off the primary database to reduce costs. The records are rarely accessed but must be retrievable within 24 hours for audits. Which approach best meets the regulatory and operational requirements?
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Why might an organization choose to retain data longer than the minimum legal requirement?

Which factor is most likely to determine the retention period for financial records in an organization?

What is the primary purpose of a data backup in an organization's data protection strategy?

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