Keepit: First to Offer Independent Backup for BambooHR
Imagine not having access to your employees' files during an emergency or tax filings upon request from the authorities. HR systems contain employee and company data that is crucial for operations and compliance.
BambooHR is a widely used HR tool that contains employee management data and compliance documents. Keepit is the first to offer independent backup and recovery tailored for BambooHR — by backing up sensitive and critical data, organizations ensure they always have access to important records when they need them most.
Why Organizations Should Back Up BambooHR Data
Protecting data in SaaS applications is ultimately the customer's responsibility. This principle becomes especially important when discussing HR systems like BambooHR that store crucial data for compliance audits and employee management.
Currently, BambooHR does not support point-in-time restores or versioned rollbacks of stored data. This means users can't revert data to previous states. Additionally, organizations have limited options to restore attachments in the system — they can't be recovered through the user interface, and the process may require assistance from IT support.
Keepit Backup and Recovery for BambooHR is the first solution to keep employee data immutable and secure — and to ensure organizations can access and recover the data effortlessly, in the state they need it.
Understanding the Shared Responsibility Model
The shared responsibility model in SaaS means that while BambooHR provides the platform infrastructure, the organization remains responsible for protecting its data. This includes:
- Data loss prevention: Protecting against accidental deletion, user errors, or malicious actions
- Compliance requirements: Maintaining records for legal, tax, and regulatory purposes
- Business continuity: Ensuring HR operations can continue during disruptions
- Long-term retention: Preserving employee records beyond SaaS provider retention policies
Keepit Backup and Recovery for BambooHR
Keepit is now backing up BambooHR, adding one more critical SaaS application to its platform. With this addition — and Docusign, added previously — Keepit is centralizing backup and recovery capabilities for tools used in employee management, administration, and HR.
Comprehensive Automated Backups
Organizations gain access to comprehensive, automated backups of their BambooHR solution, ensuring all employee data, documents, and configurations are protected without manual intervention.
Granular Restore Capabilities
Keepit's smart search and previewer enable organizations to quickly identify the correct BambooHR data to recover. Users can compare backup snapshots to identify records added, modified, or deleted over time, enabling precise recovery.
This granular approach means organizations can restore:
- Individual employee records
- Specific documents or attachments
- Configuration settings
- Historical data from any point in time
Immutable and Unlimited Storage
Backup data is stored separately from SaaS applications in Keepit's vendor-neutral cloud, ensuring business continuity. The immutable storage architecture means that even if production data is compromised, backup copies remain intact and recoverable.
HR Data Security and Compliance
HR systems contain some of the most sensitive data an organization manages:
- Personal identifiable information (PII)
- Salary and compensation details
- Performance reviews and disciplinary records
- Tax and benefits information
- Employment contracts and agreements
Protecting this data isn't just about operational continuity — it's a legal and ethical obligation. Many regulations require organizations to maintain and protect employee records for specific periods, and data loss can result in:
- Regulatory penalties and fines
- Legal liability in employment disputes
- Inability to process payroll or benefits
- Loss of institutional knowledge
- Damage to employee trust and morale
Peace of Mind in One Platform
Recently, Keepit has added coverage for multiple new applications to its portfolio. From identity access management applications like Okta to project management tools such as Jira and Confluence, IT teams can now back up and restore important files and data within the same easy-to-use dashboard.
By centralizing SaaS backup, organizations don't just save time and money — they gain peace of mind knowing Keepit has comprehensive protection covered.
Why Independent Backup Matters for HR Systems
Using an independent, third-party backup solution like Keepit provides critical advantages:
- Vendor independence: Protection remains intact even if BambooHR experiences outages or service disruptions
- Extended retention: Keep data longer than SaaS provider policies allow
- Air-gapped protection: Backup data stored separately from production reduces ransomware risk
- Compliance assurance: Meet regulatory requirements for data retention and recoverability
- Unified management: Manage backups across all SaaS applications from a single platform
TL;DR
- Keepit is the first to offer independent backup and recovery for BambooHR, filling a critical gap in HR data protection
- BambooHR doesn't support point-in-time restores or versioned rollbacks, making independent backup essential
- Organizations gain automated backups, granular restore capabilities, and immutable storage in a vendor-neutral cloud
- HR systems contain sensitive PII and compliance-critical data that organizations are responsible for protecting
- Centralizing SaaS backup across tools like BambooHR, Okta, Jira, and Confluence saves time while ensuring comprehensive protection
Sources
Keepit: Employee Data is Priceless — Back It Up with Keepit Keepit: Why the Shared Responsibility Model is Still Critical Today Keepit: Enhance Your IAM Resilience - Backup for Okta Keepit: Protecting Your Project Execution - Jira and Confluence Cloud Backup