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RC.RP-05 — Integrity of restored assets is verified

medium recoveryintegrity

Requirement

The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
verifyverifiedintegrityvalidat…
Required element 2 — any one of
backuprestorerestorationbacked up
Supporting terms — specificity signals
checksumhashmalware scanclean roomtest restore

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
GDPR Art.5(1)(d) Accuracy integrity
GDPR Art.16 Right to rectification integrity
CCPA/CPRA 1798.106 Right to correct integrity
SOC 2 CC7.5 Recovery from identified incidents recovery
SOC 2 PI1.1 Quality information about processing objectives and specifications integrity
ISO 27001 A.5.29 Information security during disruption recovery
ISO 27001 A.8.13 Information backup recovery
PCI DSS 4.0.1 6.4.3 Payment page scripts are authorised, inventoried and integrity-checked integrity