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Record Retention Policy for Businesses: A Strategic Guide to Compliance and Efficiency

Armstrong Archives

No matter the size of a business, a well-defined record retention policy serves multiple purposes: ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, aiding in efficient document management, and securing sensitive information. Each category will have different legal and operational retention requirements.

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ICO issue fine of £4.4 to Interserve for security failings

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The databases also held special category personal data including ethnic origin; religion; details of disabilities; sexual orientation, and health information relevant to ill-heath retirement applications. On the face of it, this is a sizeable fine issued to a non household name controller for perceived failings in information security.

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How to Develop an Incident Response Plan

eSecurity Planet

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? For example, we might nominate: The IT security manager to handle a ransomware incident; Our external accountant to investigate financial fraud; or.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Information security is not yet a science; outside of the handful of issues falling under the field of cryptography, there is no formalized system of classification. Additionally, the quantity of issues that can arise throughout the data lifecycle would require a longer investigation than the scope of this paper will cover.