Articles – Page 6 – ARMA Magazine

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...

GDPR Invites Collaboration, E-Discovery Panel Says

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Collaboration, Discovery / eDiscovery, Privacy.

As reported on Law.com, analysts and attorneys specializing in e-discovery recently suggested the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may be worth embracing largely because it encourages collaboration among stakeholders and provides an...

Sedona Conference® Explores GDPR Impact on E-Discovery

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Discovery / eDiscovery, News & Analysis, Privacy.

Law.com reports on a web seminar hosted by The Sedona Conference® international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure working group, which looked at how e-discovery professionals and courts are subject to the EU General Data...

Report Finds Big Increase in Cyber Attacks, Reveals 5 Top Methods

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

TechRepublic.com cites a recent report from a security company that suggests cyber attacks continue to increase in occurrence. The report, from Positive Technologies, says that the second quarter of 2018 saw a 47% increase in cyber attacks when compared...