What Does Data Protection Management (DPM) Mean?

Data protection management (DPM) is the management and monitoring of data backup and protection services of a computer network or IT environment.

It consists of tools, techniques and methodologies to ensure that the data protection and/or backup process is accomplished within the preferred environment/requirements/procedure.

Techopedia Explains Data Protection Management (DPM)

DPM is primarily achieved through a combination of manual and automated data protection and backup processes. DPM is used by storage and/or network administrators to automate and govern the management and monitoring process of data protection and backup.

DPM ensures:

  • Implementation and compliance of best data backup and protection techniques

  • Access control, encryption and other security processes are applied on the backup data

  • Infrastructure health and capacity

  • Identifying technical and logical errors within the backup environment

  • Ensures compliance with audit, S LA and other operational requirements