Backup testing is critical for business continuity, ensuring reliable data recovery, compliance, improved RTO/RPO, lower cyber-insurance premiums, and robust security via the 3-2-1-1-0 strategy.
Ensure backup reliability by monitoring schedules, integrity, and success rates; test restores regularly; understand RPO/RTO; implement immutable, air-gapped backups; and comply with standards like NIST, HIPAA, CJIS.