name: Monitor Backup Solution
id: abe807c7-1eb6-4304-ac32-6e7aacdb891d
version: 1
creation_date: '2019-10-16'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: David Dorsey, Splunk
status: removed
description: Address common concerns when monitoring your backup processes. These searches can help you reduce risks from ransomware, device theft, or denial of physical access to a host by backing up data on endpoints.
narrative: Having backups is a standard best practice that helps ensure continuity of business operations.  Having mature backup processes can also help you reduce the risks of many security-related incidents and streamline your response processes. The detection searches in this Analytic Story will help you identify systems that have backup failures, as well as systems that have not been backed up for an extended period of time. The story will also return the notable event history and all of the backup logs for an endpoint.
references:
    - https://www.carbonblack.com/2016/03/04/tracking-locky-ransomware-using-carbon-black/
tags:
    category:
        - Best Practices
    product:
        - Splunk Enterprise
        - Splunk Enterprise Security
        - Splunk Cloud
    usecase: Compliance
deprecation_info:
    reason: Analytic Story deprecated as it no longer effectively identifies the intended malicious activity
    removed_in_version: 5.2.0
    replacement_content: []