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Follow on Google News | Cloud Based Archive - How safe is it?To help keep the outside world out of your data/intellectual property (IP), your administrator takes to task to implement a Gartner Leader Firewall with industry standard rules. He patches all his servers and then loads the best possible backup solution with anti-virus to top it off for good measure. Now your network is save and you’ve even encrypted client VPN access to the network, to make sure you don’t have data leakage. The administrator’ Then the same super administrator reads about POPI, ECT & King III. Deciding that he needs to comply he starts looking at the options to keep the data local (On Prem) or in the Cloud, and decides to send all his mail to the Cloud. Emails move more information in and out of your organization than any other medium. When you archive your email data you basically make a copy of all the items ever sent and received in your email system, and place it in a system able to recover items through e-discovery. When you decide to move this information to the Cloud you lose control over the data, and the data now gets looked after by the company you contract. Now not only did you give a company in another country access to the most inner workings of your company, you also made it possible for them to sell that information to the highest bidder without your knowledge. Yes the salesman said it will be safe, no one will ever be able to see your information (except the supplier’s staff & whoever broke into the system). They also told you, you will get a 100% SLA, see more (http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/ Now the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) (http://www.justice.gov.za/ Why would you go through all the effort to make a secure environment if you’re going to send it to the Cloud, and why would you waste time and money on a local administrator when you can just get a wireless link to the internet. Take our survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/ About Robinson Distribution Robinson Distribution specializes in business critical solutions for South Africa and Africa. They offer a selection of only the best solutions from reputable suppliers with the ability to provide excellent service. Robinson Distribution has established themselves as the top distribution companies in South Africa. End
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