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Digital vs Electronic Records: Understanding the Distinction

Armstrong Archives

The terms “digital” and “electronic” are often used interchangeably these days, including when it comes to talking about records management. Digital Vs. Electronic Records – FAQs and Differences To understand the differences between digital and electronic records, let’s define each of them and look at the uses of each.

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Capturing Paper Documents - Best Practices and Common Questions

AIIM

Despite technology, most companies continue to struggle to manage the burden of paper in many important business processes. Also known as “capture,” this capability is characterized by the ability to scan paper documents to store and use them in digital form instead of paper. What are the common issues with Scanning?

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Security Vulnerability in ESS ExpressVote Touchscreen Voting Computer

Schneier on Security

Of course the ESS ExpressVote voting computer will have lots of security vulnerabilities. It's a computer, and computers have lots of vulnerabilities. Someone didn't think the security through, and the result is a voter-verifiable paper audit trail that doesn't provide the security it promises. Yes, they're computers.

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Andrew’s Favorite Retention Series: Software Programs

The Texas Record

We don’t have a records series for paper, email, social media posts or text messages – those are understood to be formats and the record series held therein would need to be divined via the content. CAUTION: Software needed for access to electronic records must be retained for the period of time required to access the records.

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Andrew’s Favorite Retention Series: Software Programs

The Texas Record

We don’t have a records series for paper, email, social media posts or text messages – those are understood to be formats and the record series held therein would need to be divined via the content. CAUTION: Software needed for access to electronic records must be retained for the period of time required to access the records.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Preparing for the Online Proctored CIP Exam - Avoiding Common Pitfalls

AIIM

Here are the top three issues candidates run into and how to avoid them: Pitfall 1 - Not Setting Up Your Computer in Advance. Have the immediate area around the computer free of books, papers, and electronics. Sometimes this is because of issues in setting their computers up as noted above. Video signal problem.