Does Xoxoday take physical backups off-site?

Xoxoday does not physically move backup media off-site. There are no tapes, drives, or portable storage devices transported between locations. Xoxoday’s entire backup and disaster recovery posture is built on the infrastructure of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure — two of the most widely audited cloud platforms in the world.

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Why Cloud-Native Backups Remove Physical Risk

Physical off-site backup processes introduce risks that are difficult to fully control: media can be lost, stolen, or damaged in transit, and the chain of custody is hard to enforce and harder to audit. By eliminating physical backup media entirely, Xoxoday removes this attack surface from the equation. AWS and Azure operate globally distributed data centres with built-in redundancy. Data is automatically replicated across multiple availability zones, meaning that even if one data centre experiences an outage, Xoxoday’s data remains accessible and intact. AWS S3, for example, is engineered for [phone redacted]% (eleven nines) object durability — a standard no physical backup rotation programme can match.

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Disaster Recovery Without the Operational Overhead

Traditional off-site backup programmes require significant logistics: scheduling physical transport, managing secure couriers, tracking media inventory, and periodically testing restoration from physical devices. Xoxoday’s cloud-native approach eliminates all of that. Failover, restoration, and data integrity checks are automated processes managed by AWS and Azure in accordance with their enterprise-grade SLAs. For organisations that integrate Xoxoday with platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or Darwinbox, this means that employee rewards and recognition data benefits from the same resilience model as the rest of their cloud-hosted HR stack. Notifications and redemptions flowing through Slack or Microsoft Teams integrations are equally covered by this infrastructure.

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Compliance and Audit Readiness

Xoxoday’s cloud-based backup approach aligns with the data security controls required under ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. Both frameworks require demonstrable controls around data availability, integrity, and backup procedures. Because AWS and Azure hold their own ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications, the underlying infrastructure protecting Xoxoday’s backups is independently audited and verified. When your organisation undergoes vendor due diligence or an internal security review, Xoxoday confirms that no physical backup media leaves a controlled data centre environment. There is no off-site media inventory to account for, no courier process to assess, and no physical theft vector to mitigate — which measurably simplifies third-party risk assessments.

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What This Means for Your Organisation

Xoxoday’s backup architecture is fully managed, geographically redundant, and entirely cloud-resident. The absence of physical backup media is a deliberate security design choice: it reduces operational complexity, eliminates a category of physical risk, and keeps Xoxoday’s data protection posture aligned with the compliance standards your organisation expects from a global B2B SaaS vendor. Learn more: Xoxoday Help Centre — Data, Policy & Privacy