Eagle eyed readers and records management wonks will have noticed a circular reference between the National Archives of Australia’s Administrative Functions Disposal Authority and the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Information Security Manual, regarding system backups. The ISM, until the most recent update, stated: Retention periods for backupsTo prevent backups from being retained for an insufficient amount of time …
A new research paper has clarified the three types of records management model, and they are (to paraphrase): centralised in-place traditional and in-place modern (what we call the Data Castle). “Rival records management models in an era of partial automation” by Lappin, J., Jackson, T., Matthews, G. et al., published in Archival Science in January, Expounds on …
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The Register reports that, due to human error, 145,000 KPMG Microsoft Teams user chats were deleted, and can’t be recovered. KMPG was using retention policies in Teams, which have some broader limitations and risks for compliance. Unfortunately, in attempting to modify the policy for one user, they modified it for all, and deleted chat threads across the whole …
New Australian Signals Directorate Director-General Ms Rachel Noble PSM spoke today at the ANU National Security College. Castlepoint CEO Rachael Greaves was invited to attend as a representative of the Australian information security technology ecosystem. The topic was ‘Long histories, short memories: the transparently secret ASD in 2020’, and you can see the speech online on the National Security …
The National Archives of Australia has just released the exposure draft of the new records and information management policy, that will follow on from the Digital Continuity 2020 standard. The new policy is called Building Trust in the Public Record, and the theme is very much on integrity and accountability. While the thrust of the message may …
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Something has been happening recently, and it’s good news for good governance. After 5 years, the Department of Finance, Digital Transformation Agency and National Archives have all harmonised on something that has been a requirement of the International Standards since 2011. All evidence of business is a record, and all records must be managed. In …
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Video credit: Christina Trexlor on TikTok Machine Learning is a really common AI technology. People tend to assume that ML means machines teaching themselves – but really, ML means machines learning from people. Once the machine has learned, or been taught, it can start to make its own predictions. But the process of learning can …
In IDM Magazine’s latest edition, CEO Rachael Greaves was interviewed about AI-powered records management (starting on page 38). IDM: Will COVID-19 lead to a new paradigm for managing information and compliance?RG: We hope so. Traditional methods of controlling information have not been effective for a long time. Data is growing at exponential rates, and regulatory …
David Fricker, Director-General of the NAA has released a statement about the management of government records during the COVID-19 period. Decisions being made by government to protect the health of Australians and to secure the country’s social, economic and cultural wellbeing will affect the daily lives of millions of people. It is essential that these …
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We are in a global pandemic, which has changed almost everything about the way we live and do business. We are seeing the effects on our jobs, our lifestyles and our finances – but what we are not seeing, and may not notice for some time, is the damage being done to our data. As …
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