A failed IT system upgrade project has resulted in the corruption of an organization's asset inventory database. Which of the following controls BEST mitigates the impact of this incident?

Encryption protects data confidentiality but does not prevent or recover from data corruption.

Authentication controls access to the system but does not prevent or recover from data corruption once access is granted.

Configuration management helps prevent issues by ensuring systems are set up correctly, but it doesn't directly mitigate the impact of corruption once it has already occurred.

Backups provide a copy of data at a specific point in time, enabling recovery of corrupted or lost information by restoring the database from a healthy snapshot. This directly mitigates the impact of data corruption by ensuring business continuity and data integrity.