Data Preservation vs. Data Retention vs. Data Recovery
The law is changing and what you do with your electronic data could leave you exposed.
Make sure you are comfortable with your policies and procedures for dealing with Data Retention, Data Backup, and Disaster Recovery by talking to Project Five today.
Data Retention
Data Retention deals with your on-going and routine backup of electronic data - including all email correspondence. You probably have a backup strategy in place already - but do you know how long you should keep the backup media? Plus, the law requires you to keep any hardware you may need to read that backup media.
Data Recovery
Data Recovery is the action of restoring lost or deleted files - maybe as a result of a failed computer or hard-drive, human error, or a building disaster. Whatever the reason - if you've lost your business records, then you could struggle to recover your customers.
Data Preservation
Data Preservation is the most serious, and deals specifically with incidents and investigations that require electronic data to be used as evidence (or dismissed as irrelevant). Did you know that when you delete a file from your PC, including removing it from your 'Recycle Bin' that it is still recoverable?
Data Destruction and Computer Disposal
Knowing that your data is recoverable, even though you've deleted it, are you really be comfortable with the way you dispose of old computer hardware? You probably take great care to shred your old bank statements. Project Five can do likewise to your computer.
