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Is Your Company’s Data Legal?

April 4, 2016 By Jessica Johns Pool

data-sovereignty

If you haven’t heard about data sovereignty yet, you likely will soon.

Data sovereignty refers to the digital information your company uses and stores and with what laws that data must comply. In short, your data must be used and stored according to the laws of the country in which it is located.

These security requirements generally cover how information is used by the business, how it is stored and for how long. Should your security be breached, these regulations may also determine how to report the theft and what liability your company may face.

Data sovereignty is an emerging business issue since companies are quickly adopting cloud technologies while expanding into global markets. This means that your data must meet the data security requirements of the country in which it is stored, whether it’s in the United States, the European Union, China or elsewhere.

A recent webinar, Data Sovereignty: Understanding its Implications to Your Business and Investments, covered this topic in depth and is well worth a listen. Sponsored by The Deal, with experts from IntraLinks, Intel and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, the webinar makes plain that data sovereignty is an area where small- and medium-sized businesses are particularly vulnerable. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Operations Tagged With: cyber security, data security, data sovereignty, information security

How To Keep Your Business IT System Secure – Part II

August 10, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

Yesterday we introduced four ways to keep your business IT system secure from Reuters and Entreprenuer.com: password protect your systems, design systems that are safe from abuse, conduct pre-employment screening and background checks, and continually train your employees. Today we discuss the last five ways to ward off unwelcome IT problems. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Operations Tagged With: crime prevention, cyber attacks, information security, IT, phishing

How To Keep Your Business IT System Secure–Part I

August 9, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

Over the past several months we have published a number of articles dealing with cyber warfare and related Internet phishing/hacking attacks. In those pieces we reminded small- and medium-business owners that they are not immune from cyber attacks even though many consider themselves safe due to their size. We have also examined the fact that your very own website could be under attack and you might not even be aware of it! We also gave you some tips on how to ensure that many of the most basic tenants of IT procedures are followed.

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Filed Under: Operations Tagged With: crime prevention, cyber attacks, information security, IT

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