News & Analysis – Page 2

Wendy’s Sued for Mismanagement of Employee Fingerprints

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, Privacy.

As reported by ZDNet.com, a class-action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois that claims Wendy’s restaurant chain has broken state laws by improperly storing and managing employee fingerprints. The complaint centers on Wendy’s practice of using...

California Consumer Privacy Act Is Work in Progress, Says Attorney

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in News & Analysis, North America, Privacy.

In a recent piece on Information-Management.com, Matthew Nelson, an attorney with DiscoverReady LLC, says the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is constantly evolving, evidenced by the September passing of Senate Bill 1121, which serves...

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...

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...