According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a connector to which a backup device is connected; a data storing unit that stores an objective data; and a processor that is configured: to write the objective data to the backup device as a backup data; to record a change log that specifies an updated part of the objective data; to detect a difference part between the objective data and the backup data when the backup device is connected to the connector; to determine whether the difference part matches the updated part specified by the change log; and if the difference part does not match the updated part, to identify a mismatching part between the difference part and the updated part as an abnormal data.