Question
What is PowerSchool’s Data Continuity Service (DCS)?
Answer
PowerSchool’s Data Continuity Service (DCS) offers nightly backups of all of your PowerSchool data to a secure off-site location, where your data will be stored securely for 30 days. DCS also offers two data restoration per year in the event you suffer irretrievable data loss.
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What type of encryption is used during the transmission of our data from our location to the secure off-site location?
Answer
Upon automatically collecting your data it will be compressed using both 256-bit military-grade AES and 448-bit blowfish encryption, and then transmitted with 128-bit SSL encryption.
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How secure is the off-site location where our data will be stored?
Answer
PowerSchool utilizes secure data storage for our customers. After transmission, your data is password-protected by PowerSchool and stored, using AES 256-bit encryption and housed in, temperature-controlled, fireproof, seismic-resistant facilities, where personnel access is strictly limited.
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How fast can we access our data in the event we suffer irretrievable data loss?
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The Technical Solutions Group can confidently restore your data within one business day or less.
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What data is being backed-up?
Answer
DCS will back-up your PowerSchool Oracle database, your pictures, and custom data folders.
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Can I backup other files in addition to our database?
Answer
No, currently DCS is only offered as a back-up solution for your PowerSchool data.
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How do I purchase DCS?
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To purchase DCS you can send an email to the Technical Solutions Group.
