EXPOSED VULNERABILITIES OF DATA BACKUP

Abstract: Data backups have immeasurable importance in data management. They help protect important data against human errors, viruses, and other such threats. Therefore, unauthorised access to the contents of a backup can prove extremely harmful. Finding vulnerabilities and points of exposure of the backups is crucial to ensure better security. Aim of this paper is to discuss the vulnerabilities regarding the accessibility of data backups, be it cloud or a physical drive. Through surveying the internet forums, we can find out various methods of entry via CVEs. The paper will list the techniques to access data backups as an adversary and then provide potential solutions to each technique.

Keywords: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), Backup, Encryption, Compression