> Offline/alt-cloud backups are probably a lot cheaper than you think, and will win you points during any audit. With the caveat that you're going to have to i

> Offline/alt-cloud backups are probably a lot cheaper than you think, and will win you points during any audit. With the caveat that you're going to have to implement all your access controls, monitoring and compliance mechanisms on those alternate backups. No point winning points during an audit for having backups outside AWS if you lose even more points for "backups weren't properly secured against unauthorized access". And you're regularly restoring from those alternate backups as well to check their integrity, right?