Are Your SaaS Backups as Secure as Your Production Data?

## Executive summary This contributed article outlines the unique security risks of SaaS data and the importance of secure, automated backups—explaining how backups (including metadata and IaC) can expose operational details, enable targeted attacks or data leakage, and recommending controls such as automated incremental backups, comprehensive coverage of metadata, AES-256 encryption, compliance attestations (e.g., SOC 2 Type 2), and real-time observability to reduce risk.