No, it isn't. The backups we keep are overwritten weekly. If your site is compromised, there is a high chance that the backup could be compromised and you have no way of restoring your site.   CodeGuard follows a versioning system which allows you to restore a backup of an earlier date   You don’t carry around a copy of your birth certificate along with the actual one – you keep the real one safe at home for emergencies. So why not do the same for your backups?