In hospitals, clinics, and health insurance companies, email is the most used communication channel containing confidential and sensitive patient information. All of this information is governed by HIPAA compliance, and violations are costly — the total HIPAA fines amounted to $13,554,900 in 2020, $5,980,000 in 2021, and $2,170,140 in 2022. No healthcare provider wants to […]
GLBA Compliance Checklist for Financial Services
If you’re a financial services firm, you’re affected by various legislation, including federal laws such as The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). In this article, we cover: Our comprehensive GLBA compliance checklist. What GLBA is and how it affects you. How to comply with GLBA with email archiving. Let’s get started. GLBA Compliance Checklist Complying with GLBA […]
Enterprise Information Archiving: Risks and Opportunities
In today’s digital age, when data privacy laws and compliance regulations are changing fast, enterprise information archiving has become the norm ‒ best practice for some, a regulatory necessity for others. But what are the digital channels that have to be retained for compliance? Is email dying and, if yes, what is its most likely […]
Top 8 Cloud Security Trends To Follow In 2024
We can’t predict the future of cloud security, but one thing is certain – the cloud gave us three things that data centers never could – elasticity, scalability, and transformation. Although all major public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP have improved their cloud security over the past decade, new trends pop up every […]
Everything You Need to Know to Ensure FIPPA Compliance
If you are working for a Canadian government agency then you’ve probably heard of the FIPPA legislation and its effects on your compliance. But what is FIPPA exactly and what are your rights and obligations? In this article, we’ll walk you through the meaning of FIPPA and everything you need to know to stay compliant. […]
PST Files and Archiving Software: 5 Problems with PST Files
If you haven’t adopted email archiving just yet, it might be time. It has become clear that email archiving is the best way to avoid compliance issues and streamline litigation management through ediscovery of email records. Some of the issues when locating and presenting records lie with PST files and the fact that they’re difficult […]
Email Archiving Solutions Comparison – Cloud, On-Premise and More
Searching for the right email archiving solution can be time-consuming and confusing. Not only are there different types of email archiving solutions, but there are also multiple providers. Each of them offers a unique set of features at different price levels. With so many factors to look for, email archiving software comparison is a tedious […]
How Email Works: Email Server Software
Emails are an essential part of our work routine, and by now you have probably sent hundreds, if not thousands of emails to your clients, colleagues, or business partners. However, most of us spend little or no time at all thinking about how emails actually work. Our main focus tends to be on the content […]
Downsides of Email Stubbing – 5 Pitfalls to Avoid in Email Archiving
What is stubbing? Email stubbing is the process in which email attachments or entire email messages are moved from a user’s mailbox to an external archive location. However, the content isn’t completely removed from the original mailbox – what’s left behind is a remnant or a “stub” – essentially a smaller version of the email […]
How COVID-19 Affects the Information Archiving Industry
At the time of writing this text, there were 1,348,628 people infected with COVID-19 worldwide, 367,758 across the States. Today (June 2), the total number of people infected climbed to 6,140,934, with 1,757,522 confirmed cases in the States. It’s been a little over two months since the WHO declared COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency. […]
