Articles – Page 10 – ARMA Magazine

Q&A: Fingerprint Security

Written by Judy Vasek Sitton, CRM, FAI on December 7, 2018. Posted in Data Governance, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Privacy, Retention.

Question: With fingerprint security technology now used in so many businesses for secured door access, what category does it fall under (e.g., personally identifiable information)? How is the data deleted upon employee termination? Answer: Fingerprint...

Big Bucket Retention: Objectives, Issues, Outcomes

Written by William Saffady, Ph.D, FAI on December 7, 2018. Posted in Electronic Records Management, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management.

Fifteen years after its introduction by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration as a strategy for improving federal agencies recordkeeping performance, the big bucket approach to record retention is in common use. This article summarizes...

Blockchain Redux – Cracking the Code on Cryptocurrencies

Written by Nancy Dupre Barnes, Ph.D., CRM, CA on December 7, 2018. Posted in Blockchain, Legal, Uncategorized.

This article focuses on a facet of blockchain – cryptocurrencies – which are also known as virtual currencies, crypto coins, digital assets, or digital coins. In the November/December 2017 issue of Information Management, author Victoria L. Lemieux...

Lost in the Clouds: Liability for Personal Information Breaches

Written by John Montaña, J.D., FAI on December 7, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), Legal.

This article summarizes several U.S. Court decisions regarding liability in breaches of personal information collected by third-party service providers on the behalf of other organizations. This is just one aspect of a study of information management-related...

Report Says Healthcare Insiders Pose Greatest Data Security Threat

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Healthcare, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

A Verizon report suggests that nearly 60% of data security incidents at healthcare organizations are caused by insiders, according to an article on Law.com. The “Protected Health Information Data Breach Report” implies that healthcare is the only...

Norway Plans 1,000-Year Digital Archive for Everything

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Archiving, News & Analysis.

ZDNet.com reports that near the Arctic Circle, experts at the National Library of Norway’s (NLN) secure storage facility are implementing an astonishing plan for digitizing everything ever published in Norway: books, newspapers, manuscripts, posters,...

Canadian Government Is Improving its Cybersecurity

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, North America.

Eweek.com reports that the government of Canada is taking an active, aggressive strategy to defends its networks from cyber attacks. In October, Scott Jones, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security at the Canadian Security Establishment...

Facebook Says Breach Affected About 50 Million Accounts

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

As widely reported, the mid-September Facebook data breach may have affected nearly 50 million accounts. Bloomberg.com refers to it as “the latest in a series of missteps that are undermining confidence in the company’s social network and business...

Gartner Foresees the End of On-Premises ECMs in 2019

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Information Technology, News & Analysis.

A recent Gartner Inc. report predicts the current enterprise content management (ECM) market will “devolve into purpose-built, cloud-based content solutions and solution services applications.” According to an article on idm.net.au, the Gartner...

New California Laws Ask IoT Makers for Security Features

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two bills that are designed to make manufacturers of Internet-connected devices more responsible for ensuring the privacy and security of Californians, as reported on GovTech.com. The bills require manufacturers...