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Guidelines for Developing your Data Retention Policy

Your business data is the lifeblood of your organization. Its transmittal governs how you conduct business, its security helps establish stakeholder confidence, and its analysis helps improve processes. Yet data retention is something that’s often overlooked.   Corporate data storage and retention policies found not to be in line with accepted auditing standards and regulatory requirements can be punished by fines, …

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The Importance of Disaster Recovery for Healthcare Organizations and HIPAA Compliance

Constant availability of a HIPAA-compliant computing ecosystem is non-negotiable in today’s technologically-driven, round-the-clock healthcare environment. Healthcare systems now fully rely on enormous masses of data at all times, which means that HIPAA compliance is always a serious concern, in terms of both protection and availability. Not only do healthcare organizations need to comply with HIPAA …

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IT Security Challenges in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The risk of a cyberattack is increasing as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many of these attacks are targeting the IT systems of healthcare facilities and often take the form of ransomware. Organizations can mitigate these threats by implementing critical security controls. And there’s no time like the present for IT …

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Top 4 Types of Risk Impacting Manufacturing Companies

Manufacturers face a greater lineup of potential risks today than at any other time in history. More sophisticated equipment, rapid growth, and a need to gain a competitive edge means that production and logistics have to work seamlessly. Delays that might not impact a business in another vertical can be devastating to a manufacturing brand. …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Keeping Auditing & Compliance on Track with Remote Working

Though it’s nothing new when we consider the history of pandemics and infectious outbreaks on a global scale, in some ways the novel Coronavirus is pushing businesses into new territory. The quick and pervasive spread of this contagion has people worried on a personal level and has organizations concerned about an entire range of enterprise …

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Disaster Recovery Terms Glossary

Business Continuity Business continuity describes steps taken to assure that a company can keep operating in the face of threats. These measures help businesses function during and after a disaster. Disaster recovery is usually considered a subset of business continuity planning. Disaster In business terms, a disaster refers to an unplanned event that stops or …

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