Regulatory Compliance and the State of GDPR
On May 25th, the European Union passed the General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline. The GDPR was created by the EU in response to advances in cloud computing and data analytics, as large corporations and agencies gathered, processed, and handled
May 25th, “D” Day for GDPR – Are You Ready?
What is GDPR? What are the risks? “D” Day, “Data” Day, is looming, and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) leaves much to interpretation. It says that companies must provide a “reasonable” level of protection for personal data but does not
Content Management Tools for Local Government
Consider this quote from Joseph Mikan, the County Executive of Will County in Illinois: “Local government has to retain records for extended periods and often make these records available upon demand. But that doesn’t mean everyone has to have a paper
Security and Organization in Your Digital Business Environment
Enterprise-level security is obviously crucial to the functioning of any business, regardless of size; the cost of data breaches globally averages about $4M per company. (Some can be much greater, of course.) There are two elements when thinking about security: one
Use Audit Trails to Keep Track of Your Business
With the emergence of hundreds of programs and software for companies over the last two decades, businesses are able to easily tackle nearly all paperwork digitally. Employees and business partners can create, import, look at, and edit a company’s data