Abstract: A user terminal stores security information for each of a plurality of files during a backup of the files. The user terminal also stores information regarding the configuration settings of one or more terminals from which a user may access the plurality of files. During a restore of the files to a remote user terminal, the user terminal at which the restore command was issued utilizes the saved security information to emulate the remote terminal as a virtual endpoint for the files. The user terminal determines whether the user is authorized to access the files within the virtual endpoint based on the saved security information, and restores the files to the remote terminal if the user is authorized for access to the files within the virtual endpoint.