For many years now Records Solutions has advocated the need for organisations both public and private, to implement effective Vital Records procedures as part of their Business Continuity Plan. |
The recent loss of two CD's containing the personal and private information of over 25 million people living in the United Kingdom (newspaper article from the Herald Sun dated 22/11/07 Full Article) is an important warning to all organisations of the importance of proper Vital Data Management.
The external transfer and/or migration of critical personal, private and business data and information (either electronically or hard copy) needs to be strictly managed in accordance with established protocols and industry best practice.
The recent UK disaster could have happened to any organisation in the world and is a cold "wake up" call for all organisations to seriously consider their current strategies in relation to the storage, security, transfer and dissemination of business critical and/or vital data.
A sound Vital Records and Business Continuity Plan, as designed and implemented by Records Solutions is developed in liaison with an organisations Information Technology experts, and establishes a clear policy and procedure for the transfer, migration, protection and security of all critical business data.
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