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Record Retention: Big Tips for Small Businesses

Record Retention: Big Tips for Small Businesses

Corodata TeamOct. 25, 2016 | Retention Schedule
In part three of our Q&A with records pro Helen Streck of Kaizen InfoSource, we learn why it’s important for even small-sized businesses to stay on top of record retention schedules. Helen goes on to say that with small organizations, it’s a little harder because they don’t (necessarily) have a records or information manager who […]
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Record Retention Laws: Litigation Happens. Here’s Help

Record Retention Laws: Litigation Happens. Here’s Help

Corodata TeamSep. 23, 2016 | Retention Schedule
What’s one of the most compelling reasons to create a retention schedule and stick to it? The law. More specifically, record retention laws. In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, we ask records pro Helen Streck about how our record retention schedules can keep us organized in case of any litigation that may come your […]
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Helen Streck of Kaizen InfoSource on Retention Schedules [Podcast]

Helen Streck of Kaizen InfoSource on Retention Schedules [Podcast]

Corodata TeamAug. 23, 2016 | Retention Schedule
Have you ever wondered how to even start? Record management pro Helen Streck, CEO of Kaizen InfoSource, definitely feels your pain. Helen sat down with Corodata to give us her guidelines for getting started on a retention schedule—a crucial piece that falls under an organization’s record retention policy, and the building block all record management. […]
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The New Role of Information Managers

The New Role of Information Managers

Corodata TeamJul. 22, 2016 | Data Protection
Find out how information management and security have morphed. Keeping track of thousands of records, both paper and online, has become an increasingly overwhelming burden for information managers. Not just for you and everyone you know: Even the executives at Sony Pictures Entertainment weren’t above being the targets of a major hacker attack that served […]
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Chain of Custody is a BIG Deal

Chain of Custody is a BIG Deal

Corodata TeamJun. 21, 2016 | Records Management
Keep an ironclad eye on your business records with this important process. After 20 years, the O.J. Simpson murder trial is back in the news, thanks to the compelling FX American Crime Story miniseries and the ESPN documentary, “O.J.”. One key learning: The defense successfully used tainted evidence from the crime scene to cast doubt […]
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3 Guidelines for Record Management Nirvana

3 Guidelines for Record Management Nirvana

Corodata TeamMay. 23, 2016 | Records Management
We can’t sugarcoat this. We’re in the information age. And with the era comes reams, loads, and massive quantities of information, both online and in paper form. With all that data comes a massive paper trail, sometimes literally.
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California Updates Its Data Breach Notification Law

California Updates Its Data Breach Notification Law

Corodata TeamMar. 18, 2016 | Data Breach
Over the past four years, California’s Attorney General has received reports of 657 data breaches affecting more than 49 million records. In 2015 alone, nearly three in five Californians were victims of some kind of data leak. If it hasn’t yet happened to your business, it’s probably just a matter of time. The sectors with […]
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2016 Information Governance Trends

2016 Information Governance Trends

Corodata TeamFeb. 23, 2016 | Compliance
As the news is filled with yet another story of a company suffering from a data breach—this time in the form of an attack on medical data at a hospital—businesses and consumers alike are reminded of the importance of secure records storage and information governance.
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Five steps to protect your business from data leaks

Five steps to protect your business from data leaks

Corodata TeamJul. 27, 2015 | Data Breach, Records Storage
In the predawn hours of June 30th, a burglar broke into a San Francisco dental office (twice within 3 hours!). He made off with some cash, several thousand dollars’ worth of equipment and a tablet computer.
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The File Clerk is Dead. Long Live the Records Manager

The File Clerk is Dead. Long Live the Records Manager

Corodata TeamMay. 28, 2015 | Records Management
Remember the busy file clerk? Buzzing from desk to desk, pushing a folder-laden cart, dropping off and picking up files, then retreating to some remote, undisclosed location where the files lived—and where you never had to go.
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