Fierce Content Management: You Need to Understand Email Archiving
Today’s article by Ron Miller of Fierce Content Management clarifies the difference between daily backups and email archiving:
Email archiving, on the other hand, involves a system where email is saved, compressed and electronically time stamped. The archiving process removes duplicate data so that you don’t have to store 50 copies of the same attached document (or even 50 copies of the same email with that attachment). There is a clear audit trail and it’s set up in such a way that it cannot be compromised.
The article further outlines the importance of having an email archiving system in place that can stand up to legal scrutiny. According to The Electronic Discovery Law Blog, a judge ordered a company to “not only produce a set of electronic records, but to explain the process by which they were maintained.”
Maybe its time to take a closer look at your email archiving policy, process and toolset to ensure your company is not vulnerable.
