Best Practices for Hardening Veeam Backup Repositories

Best Practices for Hardening Veeam Backup Repositories based on Microsoft Windows are:

1. Keep It Simple and Straightforward.
2. Use a standalone Windows Server which is not part of any Microsoft Active Directory Domain.
3. Make sure the repository servers are physical secured.
4. Use a local account with administrative access, rename the local administrator account
5. Set permissions on the repository directory to only that local account.
6. Modify the Firewall, with dedicated rules for Veeam to allow access to specific ports.
7. Disable remote RDP services to the repository servers.
8. Use Veeam encryption while storing backups on the repository.