Information Archiving: Economics and Compliance; The Book:

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  • Subjects: Archive, Other
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  • Keywords: archiving, compliance, email, File, Planning
  • Document Date: January 1st, 2009
  • Author: Randy Kerns
  • Short Description:

    This book is a complete analysis of Information Archiving regarding economics and compliance to help end users plan and architect.

  • Full Summary:

    Archiving of information is a fundamental Information Technology operating process that has been undergoing a renaissance. New and maturing software and revolutionary storage systems are enabling archiving to be a major technology for IT.

    Managing information now includes the legal ramifications in dealing with regulated information. The requirements to meet regulations regarding the management and storing of information are highly visible within a company. The regulatory compliance issues regarding information are even more significant for information that is being archived. Many of the laws are specifically written with the anticipation that information will be stored for long periods of time.

    This book details what constitutes archiving, explaining the elements and functions that distinguishes it from the more traditional process of data protection using backup. The economic implications of implementing an archiving system and its impact for the long-term are a very important part of an IT strategy and explored in detail in this book. The other major aspect of archiving which is part of data preservation is meeting the regulatory compliance and business governance demands for archiving of information.

    Table of Contents

     

    1 INTRODUCTION 1
    WHAT IS INFORMATION ARCHIVING? 4
    2 ARCHIVING EXPLAINED 10
    ARCHIVING AND BACKUP ARE DIFFERENT 10
    TYPES OF INFORMATION 13
    PROBABILITY OF ACCESS 15
    3 ARCHIVING ELEMENTS 18
    ARCHIVING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS 19
    File Archiving or Migration 20
    Enterprise Content Management 31
    Email Archiving 37
    System Utilities 42
    Considerations for Archiving Software 43
    ARCHIVING SYSTEM 45
    MEDIA USED FOR ARCHIVE 54
    Fixed Disk Media 56
    Tape Media 57
    Optical Media 58
    Removable Disk 59
    GENERAL ARCHIVE EXAMPLE 61
    Situation 62
    Results 65
    DIFFERING NEEDS 66
    4 ECONOMICS OF ARCHIVING 68
    WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ARCHIVING 68
    Effect of capacity demand growth 69
    ARCHIVING CAN CHANGE ECONOMICS 79
    Ongoing Archiving 81
    Archiving Economic Effect 83
    5 ARCHIVING COMPLIANCE NEEDS 87
    COMPLIANCE FOR RECORDS 93
    WHAT REGULATIONS ‘ATTEMPT’ TO ACCOMPLISH 94
    Retention 94
    Immutability 95
    Security 99
    Discovery 101
    Classification 105
    REGULATIONS 106
    Securities and Exchange Commission 17a-4 – Preservation of Business Records 107
    Sarbanes-Oxley SEC 13a-15 Controls and Procedures 109
    Graham, Leach, Bliley – Controls and Privacy 110
    US Food and Drug Administration – Title 21 – Code of Federal Regulations 11 112
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 113
    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 115
    Payment Card Industry 121
    Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 123
    National Association of Securities Dealers Conduct Rules 3010 (Supervision) and 3110 (Books and Records) 124
    United Kingdom Data Protection Act 124
    European Union Data Retention Directive 126
    ISO/IEC 17799:2005 Information Technology – Security Techniques – Code of practice for information security management 127
    RETENTION AND DELETION OF INFORMATION 129
    Normal Delete 129
    Secure Delete 130
    Deletion Disposition 131
    6 ARCHIVING FUTURES 132
    OBJECT ARCHIVING 133
    XAM – EXTENSIBLE ACCESS METHOD 137
    ARCHIVING FOR A 100 YEARS 141
    OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM 144
    7 SUMMARY 148
    INDEX 152
    ABOUT RANDY KERNS 156

     

    The book cannot be downloaded, but will be mailed.  Please provide mailing information when ordering.

     

Information Archiving: Economics and Compliance; The Book:

Archiving of information is a fundamental Information Technology operating process that has been undergoing a renaissance. New and maturing software and revolutionary storage systems are enabling archiving to be a major technology for IT.

Managing information now includes the legal ramifications in dealing with regulated information. The requirements to meet regulations regarding the management and storing of information are highly visible within a company. The regulatory compliance issues regarding information are even more significant for information that is being archived. Many of the laws are specifically written with the anticipation that information will be stored for long periods of time.

This book details what constitutes archiving, explaining the elements and functions that distinguishes it from the more traditional process of data protection using backup. The economic implications of implementing an archiving system and its impact for the long-term are a very important part of an IT strategy and explored in detail in this book. The other major aspect of archiving which is part of data preservation is meeting the regulatory compliance and business governance demands for archiving of information.

Table of Contents

 

1 INTRODUCTION 1
WHAT IS INFORMATION ARCHIVING? 4
2 ARCHIVING EXPLAINED 10
ARCHIVING AND BACKUP ARE DIFFERENT 10
TYPES OF INFORMATION 13
PROBABILITY OF ACCESS 15
3 ARCHIVING ELEMENTS 18
ARCHIVING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS 19
File Archiving or Migration 20
Enterprise Content Management 31
Email Archiving 37
System Utilities 42
Considerations for Archiving Software 43
ARCHIVING SYSTEM 45
MEDIA USED FOR ARCHIVE 54
Fixed Disk Media 56
Tape Media 57
Optical Media 58
Removable Disk 59
GENERAL ARCHIVE EXAMPLE 61
Situation 62
Results 65
DIFFERING NEEDS 66
4 ECONOMICS OF ARCHIVING 68
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ARCHIVING 68
Effect of capacity demand growth 69
ARCHIVING CAN CHANGE ECONOMICS 79
Ongoing Archiving 81
Archiving Economic Effect 83
5 ARCHIVING COMPLIANCE NEEDS 87
COMPLIANCE FOR RECORDS 93
WHAT REGULATIONS ‘ATTEMPT’ TO ACCOMPLISH 94
Retention 94
Immutability 95
Security 99
Discovery 101
Classification 105
REGULATIONS 106
Securities and Exchange Commission 17a-4 – Preservation of Business Records 107
Sarbanes-Oxley SEC 13a-15 Controls and Procedures 109
Graham, Leach, Bliley – Controls and Privacy 110
US Food and Drug Administration – Title 21 – Code of Federal Regulations 11 112
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 113
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 115
Payment Card Industry 121
Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 123
National Association of Securities Dealers Conduct Rules 3010 (Supervision) and 3110 (Books and Records) 124
United Kingdom Data Protection Act 124
European Union Data Retention Directive 126
ISO/IEC 17799:2005 Information Technology – Security Techniques – Code of practice for information security management 127
RETENTION AND DELETION OF INFORMATION 129
Normal Delete 129
Secure Delete 130
Deletion Disposition 131
6 ARCHIVING FUTURES 132
OBJECT ARCHIVING 133
XAM – EXTENSIBLE ACCESS METHOD 137
ARCHIVING FOR A 100 YEARS 141
OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM 144
7 SUMMARY 148
INDEX 152
ABOUT RANDY KERNS 156

 

The book cannot be downloaded, but will be mailed.  Please provide mailing information when ordering.