# REL 9  How do you back up data?
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Back up data, applications, and configuration to meet your requirements for recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO).

**Topics**
+ [REL09-BP01 Identify and back up all data that needs to be backed up, or reproduce the data from sources](rel_backing_up_data_identified_backups_data.md)
+ [REL09-BP02 Secure and encrypt backups](rel_backing_up_data_secured_backups_data.md)
+ [REL09-BP03 Perform data backup automatically](rel_backing_up_data_automated_backups_data.md)
+ [REL09-BP04 Perform periodic recovery of the data to verify backup integrity and processes](rel_backing_up_data_periodic_recovery_testing_data.md)