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Data Security Tips for 2018

Archive Document Data Storage

Update Your Password Strategy. Using weak passwords makes it easy for hackers to steal your information. Combine letters, numbers and non-alphanumeric characters in your passwords and change them often. Consider using a password manager to help you remember and encrypt your passwords.

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10 Steps for Data Breach Prevention in the Workplace

Archive Document Data Storage

If the process is too time consuming and challenging, engage a records management provider. They’re stored in a records centre protected with advanced security systems, including: entry access controls. Destroy Outdated Records. Hoarding outdated paper records increases your company’s data breach exposure.

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4 Tips for Managing Your Digital Business Records.

OneHub

You may be able to password protect folders or a specific record, but you won’t be able to specify how each individual with access can interact with the file. That type of nuanced security isn’t available with a file that only has password protection. Conduct regular records maintenance.

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4 Steps to Avoid the Damage Caused by a Lost or Stolen Laptop

Archive Document Data Storage

Protect the data before doing any travelling: Your laptop and USB should be password-protected to avoid hackers gaining unauthorised access to your business applications. A strong password should be long and varied, including uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Monitor your IT/media with a monthly audit.

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How to Store Paper Medical Records

Armstrong Archives

There are many other benefits of utilizing EHRs, including coding assistance, audit trails, and security measures like password protection and data encryption. Securely Store Your Medical Records Today. You can find files using simple keyword searches, make copies quickly, and send and receive files securely.

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Are Your Records Home by Curfew?

Positively RIM

Today’s Blog is sponsored by MER 2017, Cohasset Associates’ 25 th annual educational conference on electronic records management, in Chicago, May 8-10. No records are really 100 percent secure. But some of the aspects of digital security that Records Managers understand don’t occur to our colleagues in technology.

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QC-ing the QC

ARMA International

Ingested digital files: Password protection, encryption, integrity issues, format compliance issues, proprietary formats, security restrictions. Large drawings: torn edges, extreme sizes, dust and residuals, abused foldings, fragility, poor originals, blueprints, sepia, mylar, vellum, dual side translucent drawings.