Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) — Question 11

To protect and/or restore lost, corrupted, or deleted information, thereby preserving the data integrity and availability is the purpose of:

Answer options

• A. Remote journaling.
• B. Database shadowing.
• C. A tape backup method.
• D. Mirroring.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

A tape backup method is designed specifically to create copies of data for recovery purposes, making it the correct answer. Remote journaling, database shadowing, and mirroring serve different functions, such as maintaining real-time copies or data redundancy, but do not focus solely on restoring lost or corrupted data like tape backups do.