Posts by SSBRM Staff
Is your confidential information really secure?
Human resource data. Medical information. Personal and financial data. Proprietary information including trade secrets, client rates and services information. Every business has information that needs to be secure. But with social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook, it’s easier than ever for employees to share company information online and they may not even realize…
Read MoreRecords Management: Are you in control of your information?
Every day, in most companies, each department creates its own set of information. But where does it get saved and stored? Who manages it? Are there backups? What happens to old records? Knowing how to manage the information is challenging enough, let alone trying to manage information found in a variety of departments. It’s a…
Read MoreHead Spinning from Trying to Manage Personnel Records?
Have you ever been assigned the task of managing and retaining personnel records? Maybe you’re a human resource professional and this is part of your job. If you’ve ever been in this situation, chances are you’re aware that it’s hard to decide what to keep and for how long, but keep in mind, following state…
Read MoreDoes Your Business Have a Solid Information Retention Policy?
It may be tempting to hang on to every document and every email message we create and receive because we think there’s always a chance it will be needed again. But hanging on to information just to be safe can harm your business because federal law says that, during an audit, all records on hand…
Read MoreData and Recovery Backup Plans Could Save Your Business
Loss of business records is something that happens more often than you might think. Fortunately it’s a problem that can easily be avoided. While large amounts of data can be lost during catastrophes such as hurricanes, fires and floods, it doesn’t take such large events to cause a business to lose important data. If businesses…
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