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Acronis Secure Zone - Encrypt BackUp

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Hi all,

I've a some questions related Acronis Secure Zone:

1) I created a new backup in Acronis Secure Zone, but I would like also to encrypt the backup but the option is not  available

2) Can I recover a backup from Secure Zone if I will boot my laptop from Rescue Media Builder?

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Gianluca, welcome to these public User Forums.

See the ACPHO User Guide section on Acronis Secure Zone which has most information.

One of the options when creating the ASZ is to set a password to control who can access it.

Contents of the ASZ are only available via the Acronis application.

The Acronis rescue media can both backup to the ASZ and recover backups from the same.

Hi Steve,

thanks for your reply and support. I got a question for you if you know the reply since I cannot find it.

Would it be possible to set up a password for a backup into ASZ more than a passoword for ASZ?

I saw the option to add a password was available when I'm performing a backup outside ASZ but I cannot find the option for backups into ASZ

So at the end I will have 2 passwords: 1 for the encrypted backup and 1 for the access to ASZ

In the case I cannot have 2 passwords, what's in your opinion offer the best protection?

Regards

Gianluca, I haven't used the ASZ for some years as I do not consider it worth the hassle that it can bring given that the user has minimal control over the files being created in that partition and the factor that those files are restricted in size because of FAT32 limits.

If security is a serious concern, then setup your own NTFS partition and use BitLocker encryption, then save your backups to that encrypted partition with an Acronis password added too.  To be really secure the secure partition should be unlocked immediately before any backup operation and locked again when done, which should be possible to do via Pre & Post Commands in a .BAT file for each.

The alternative option is to use an external backup drive for storage using a similar approach.

Best practise for backup security recommends using a 3-2-1 approach, with 3 different backups being stored on at least 2 different storage types or media, with 1 backup held offline / off-site for physical security against fire, theft etc.

Hi Steve,

thanks for the great suggestion, I was wondering if ASZ is better against ransomware than encrypted backup.

My laptop has not so much space in his internal HD so I will have to buy an external HD for a 2nd level backup.

My idea is to have 1 job to ASZ protected with password and 2 job on an external HD encrypted with Bitlocker and backup encrypted,  This external HD will be removed once the backup is done