-Advantages Using Cloud Technology Backup as a Disaster Recovery Service

The approach of this master’s report is to highlight and understand the importance of data recovery technologies, in specific Data backup. This report covers topics that concerns system’s information professionals, such as: information security, business continuity planning, data integrity, and the most relevant for the purpose of this work, cloud computing. In addition, this work covers the activities and responsibilities that I experienced in my internship as a support engineer in the backup and recovery service area. This paper shows a practical point of view about the role that cloud computing technology plays in realizing a backup plan within an organization. It is also focused on some of the advantages and challenges in the use of cloud computing technology to deploy and maintain data backups. Finally, a conclusion is drawn from the literature review, the experience during the internship, and the topics learned during the master's degree.