WikiLeaks Impact on Safeguarding Classified Documents
Written by Harold Schlesselman, Quality Manager and Security Officer at ICM Document Solutions
Industrial Security professionals, especially those involved with Federal Contracting facilities, have had their anxiety sensors pegged in recent months in the aftermath of WikiLeaks having published Afghanistan ‘War Log’ classified documents over the internet. Security Officers are usually on high alert status given their role in safeguarding Confidential, Secret, and/or Top Secret materials that may be in their custody. The WikiLeaks spills, although unrelated to industrial venues, have cast a huge spotlight onto the entire shadowy-by-design world of classified information.
Topics include:
- Explanation of NISPOM initiative 5-303
- Digitization Advantages and Processes
- Developing Strategic Plan for Compliance
- And much more!
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Key Factors for Selecting a Scanning Vendor
Written by Phil Harrington, CEO and Founder of ICM Document Solutions
With the significant improvements in scanning technology today and the increased importance of all aspects of security, it is a good time to take another look at and update the factors that are important in selecting a scanning vendor in order to guarantee a successful project at current competitive pricing. The internet has also been an enabler for maximizing the use of scanned documents and this in turn has influenced the scanning process and file formats. The following updates will be addressed:
- Technology
- Security
- Reputation
- Pricing and Total Cost of Scanning
- And much more!
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Reducing Paper in Today’s Digital World – NEW!
Written by Phil Harrington, CEO and Founder of ICM Document Solutions
In today’s digital world, there have been enormous strides to reducing the paper we work with on a daily basis and all the paper that represent the accumulation of paper over the last 20 to 40 years. That is the good news. The bad news is there is still tons of paper that makes up the “backfile” that is typically stored in facilities were access is difficult. There is still an enormous amount of paper used daily in operating most companies around the globe. Some have taken the technology and process steps to reduce the amount of paper and streamline the operations that previously processed the paper. Other are sticking with paper and paying the price of not doing anything. What can be done with technology and what is the payback stepping into the digital world where there is significantly less paper.
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AIIM on Enterprise Content Management
“AIIM View on: Enterprise Content Management & Content Management Solutions” Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems have been a part of the business solutions and IT toolbox for several decades. ECM began with the implementation of component technologies. ECM was not conceived holistically, but rather grew from the integration of point technologies that include search, imaging, electronic records management, document management, COLD/ERM, web content management, workflow, collaboration and hierarchical storage management. These point technologies were typically targeted at specific collections of unstructured content (e.g. documents) to solve targeted business issues.
Headway Technology Group on Data Capture
“Clearly, document-imaging solutions offer excellent business benefits. Unfortunately, however, these solutions often have limited functionality with respect to volume capture; they concentrate on the management, storage, and delivery of documents once within their control, but do not necessarily provide the best scalable or enterprise specific configuration tailored to a company’s unique capture needs…”
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It’s The Digital Era – Do You Know Where Your Microfilm Is?
Written by Patrick Goulet, Vice President – Operations at ICM Document Solutions
Most microfilm users face four major challenges: deteriorating media, obsolete equipment, inefficient utilization, and accidental loss. We have the solution: scan your microfilm library into a digital format with indexing for online accessibility.
Topics include:
- Challenges faced by companies with traditional microfilm
- Advantages gained if you convert from hard-copy to digital format
- Additional advantages with web-based document management software such as ICM’s ViewCenter®
- And much more!
