Understand Regulations to Build Archive Systems

The maze of federal, state, and industry-specific regulations is enormously complex. This Network World article states that compliance isn't easy -- in some instances regulatory requirements for archiving may overlap or even conflict with each other. This article offers an in-depth overview of where archiving technologies and the most prominent regulations stand today.

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"For IT, compliance begins with determining the systems and processes necessary to archive the entire gamut of pertinent data -- including email, IMs, files from office suites, scans of documents, photos, faxes, audio files, videos, log files, and more.

"These efforts go beyond merely storing information. Data must be archived securely, in an auditable framework, and managed over its lifetime, which can range from a few months to 20 years or more, depending on the type of data and the regulations that apply. Then it must be deleted securely when no longer required."

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