# Ensure DynamoDB storage have backup schedule configured

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- Last updated: 2026-05-29
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****Description******:** 

DynamoDB is a key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. It's a fully managed, multiregion, multimaster, durable database with built-in security, backup and restore, and in-memory caching for internet-scale applications. The policy checks if DynamoDB storage service has controlled access and its backup schedules are configured.

  

**Remediation:** 

Backing Up a DynamoDB Table

  

## Creating a Table Backup (Console)

Follow these steps to create a backup named `MusicBackup`                                    for an existing `Music` table using the AWS Management Console.                                 

**To create a table backup**

                                   

1.  Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the DynamoDB console at                                             [https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/)
    

-   You can create a backup by doing one of the following:
    
    -   On the **Backups** tab of the `Music` table, choose **Create backup**.      
        
    -   In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose **Backups**. Then choose **Create a backup**.
        
-   Make sure that `Music` is the table name, and enter for the backup name. Then, choose **Create** to create the backup.  
    ![
    Screenshot of create table backup screen with table name and backup
    name filled in.
    ](https://support.icompaas.com/assets/kb/6342095a63a2ec93.png)  
    
      
    
    Note: If you create backups using the **Backups** section in the navigation pane, the table isn't preselected for you. You have to manually choose the source table name for the backup.  
    **Reference:**      [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/BackupRestore.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/BackupRestore.html)
    
      
    While the backup is being created, the backup status is set to **Creating**. After the backup is complete, the backup status changes to **Available**.  
    ![
    Screenshot of the MusicBackup with status showing
    available.
    ](https://support.icompaas.com/assets/kb/37094e4c5b239336.png)
    

  

**Reference:**  

    [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Backup.Tutorial.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Backup.Tutorial.html)

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): The full SOC 2 implementation guide: scoping the Trust Services Criteria, the roadmap to a Type 2 report, and what the auditor samples.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): Teams that finish SOC 2 usually add ISO 27001 next; the control overlap is large and the guide explains what is genuinely extra.