Step 7. Compression and Encryption

MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup offers compression to reduce the storage space required for your backup and to speed up the upload process to the target storage.

Compression

MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup offers compression to reduce the storage space required for your backup and to speed up the upload process to the target storage.

Encryption

You can protect your backup by encrypting its contents. MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup supports AES encryption with key sizes of 128, 192, and 256 bits. A larger key size provides stronger encryption but may increase the time required for processing your backup. For more details on AES encryption, refer to the Advanced Encryption Standard.

If you choose to save your backup plan configuration to the destination storage, be aware that the encryption password is not stored in the configuration file for security reasons. Ensure that you save this password securely, as it will be required to restore the backup's contents.

Amazon S3-Specific Settings

If you are using Amazon S3 as your destination storage, the Backup Wizard provides additional options for encrypting data stored on Amazon cloud servers.

The following additional settings could be available when using Amazon S3 for storing your backup:

• Server-Side Encryption Enables encryption of your backup on the side of Amazon cloud server.

  When choosing this option, you need to specify which permissions a user is required to have to be able to access the data in this backup:

  • Use the Amazon S3 Service master key When choosing this option, Amazon S3 will decrypt data for anyone who has the permissions to access this object in the cloud.
  • Use the Amazon key Management Service master key When choosing this option, Amazon S3 will decrypt data for anyone who has the permissions to access this object in the cloud, along with permissions to use a specified master key.

See What is AWS Key Management Service for more information.