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Mario Amato, Vice President
Data Protection Services
GRM Information Management Services
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| Question:
What are some of the challenges pertaining to the Data Protection of a company’s sensitive information? |
| Mario Amato:
Protecting against data loss is a two-prong process. To ensure the proper care and safeguarding of information you need to consider both hardware and software when putting together a protection platform. |
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both cases data corruption and loss is a significant risk. Hardware can
be damaged in a variety of ways: natural disasters, blackouts, lack of
care, even accidentally. Any of these could cause critical data to be
destroyed. Software can become corrupted through viruses or simply
removed through carelessness. |
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matter what the reasons might be, it’s essential for a company to have
a Data Protection plan in place. You maintain your personal
information, medical and financial records, with great care.
Business-critical information should be protected in a similar fashion. |
| Question:
Can you talk about how GRM works to ensure Data Protection? |
| Mario Amato: Data Protection begins with personnel.
GRM’s highly trained Vault librarians and drivers utilize the most
advanced laser scanners, designed to work with our innovative barcode
tracking technology. Drivers are also equipped with portable printers,
capable of providing clients with delivery and pickup receipts
immediately. We also employ a full-time IT staff, available for
technical support. |
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ends inside our facility. It’s a custom-built, secure,
climate-controlled environment. The vaults meticulously meet fire
resistant construction standards and it’s also equipped with an
independent HVAC system, which is always computer-monitored to maintain
a constant temperature and relative humidity range. We have
state-of-the-art security – employing key pad entry, motion detectors
and CCTV – and fire protection suppression systems. |
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| Industry Spotlight |
Financial
All Financial Institutions – from banks to brokerage and investment
firms – require compliance for the regulatory drivers of their
businesses, all of which need to be maintained, backed-up and protected. Ideally, that data is kept securely in an off-site facility and fully protected with the latest technology. That’s where GRM comes into the picture. |
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essential that this material is secure and protected against data loss,
data corruption, disasters, etc. Many different versions of a
particular company’s information must be maintained for audits and
compliance. If a business must provide records for any reason, the data
is readily available at a moment’s notice for physical delivery or
online through our secure web portal. Many financial companies also
need to produce this information as needed, when deemed necessary by
certain regulatory mandates such as FDIC, FRB, FFIEC, Gramm Leach
Bliley, NASD 3010, NCUA, OCC, OTC, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the SEC Rule
17a-4. |
| ARMA Attendees |
| GRM would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone
who participated in last month’s ARMA Convention. The convention was a
huge success and it was great to see everyone again. We look forward to
another exciting year of working with each of you and hope to see you
all again in 2010. |
Sincerely,
Jerry Glatt
Executive Vice President |
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