What Is FISMA? The Federal Information Security Management Act (2002) is a US federal law that deals with information security, namely, the protection of information and systems from unauthorized access, use, modification and destruction. In accordance with FISMA, government agencies need to establish and maintain data integrity, confidentiality and availability. The Act requires agencies to […]
Email Archiving Benefits: 20 Reasons to Archive Email
Email archiving is almost 20 years old. Nonetheless, there are still companies that are reluctant to adopt the practice. The rationale is often monetary – for small and medium-sized businesses operating in non-regulated industries, an email archive often seems like a costly can-do-without. Many organizations wrongly believe that storing email on live servers or using […]
Email Functions and Email Storage Management
Since its inception in 1971, email has come a long way (it practically eradicated snail mail, to begin with). It’s no longer just a quick way to ask for information or keep in touch with family and friends on the other side of the globe. Email has become the lifeblood of small businesses and enterprises […]
How to Improve Information Governance in 5 Simple Steps
Introduction to Governance Information governance (IG) is a holistic, organization-wide framework that ensures that companies have complete and accurate information necessary for their operations and that this information is managed securely and used as a valuable strategic asset. All organizations rely on and continuously refer to business information in their daily operations. For companies operating […]
Why Your Information Governance Strategy Must Start with Email
Information governance, that often elusive concept that quickly became a buzzword in meeting rooms around the globe, can best be defined as a holistic approach to managing corporate information. Still elusive? IG is a super-discipline that covers people, technology and processes that ensure that business information is handled, managed and stored in accordance with corporate […]
Mobile Archiving Solutions for Businesses: How to Archive Mobile Messages and Calls
There’s a 50% chance you’re reading this on your cell phone. There’s also an 88% chance that you occasionally (or regularly) use a mobile device for business purposes. When was the last time you sent a business email from your phone? When did you last access some potentially incriminating or sensitive corporate data from a […]
Email and Social Media Compliance in the Education Sector
Nowadays, organizations are required to adhere to email archiving compliance legislation, and educational institutions are no exception. Educational institutions, just like other organizations, increasingly rely on digital communication technologies for their day-to-day operation. From the compliance perspective, running a school is like running a business. Any breach of regulations can have serious consequences for your […]
SOX Compliance and Email Archiving: A Short Guide
When it was enacted in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (often abbreviated to Sarbox or SOX) was a landmark piece of legislation that heralded many changes to how businesses operate and preserve files. This federal law set new, broader requirements for all public companies in the United States, but included a number of provisions that apply […]
How to Achieve Compliance with Email Archiving
In business, compliance can mean several things ‒ conforming to rules and laws mandated by the government, state or industry, complying with international standards or sticking to your own internal policies. Regulatory compliance is a goal that companies strive to achieve in order to demonstrate that they respect the relevant laws, regulations and policies. Although […]
Information Archiving – How to Approach a Long-Term Archiving Strategy
Why Every Email Matters: Learn from Politicians The former president Bush’s office reportedly amassed 200 million emails during his term. Those emails needed to be stored for historical records and security reasons. The issue with this many emails is that they can’t be put away without being checked for sensitive information. They first needed to […]
