With the COVID-19 pandemic every major business found that the only way to keep production up was to let employees work from home, including government agencies. While this workforce keeps production and revenue flowing, it adds considerable cybersecurity risks to the organization and its...
Unprecedented numbers of federal workers have found themselves working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States. Further, even as government staff begin returning to their offices, many may continue to telework, according to the RAND Corporation, a think tank and government advisory...
Business continuity and disaster planning is critical for every organization that wants to remain open and operating in the aftermath of an emergency situation. We can’t necessarily know what emergencies will befall us, and the disaster may not take the form we expect. After all,...
Peniel Solutions LLC (PSL), a recognized leader in providing complete, end-to-end technology enabled business solutions capable of delivering the latest technical advancements and trends in the areas of Cybersecurity, Data, Development, Cloud and Advisory Services has been awarded five separate ISO Certifications by the International...
With so many government workers teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic, records-related security concerns are especially pressing right now. Beyond the admittedly helpful ability to access electronic records remotely, is it still safe and secure to do so? The answer to that question depends largely...
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the working world like an earthquake, with millions of Americans now working from home under lockdown and shelter-in-place orders. It's even affected government workers, including staff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). What does this mean for NARA’s requirements...
For the past several years, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been pushing federal agencies to manage more and more records in electronic format. As the government transitions away from analog and paper-based record-keeping, NARA has imposed a series of accelerating objectives: Manage...
Federal agencies trying to meet electronic record-keeping requirements need to consider a factor they might not ordinarily think about: user experience. As agencies shift away from paper-based processes toward a more digital future, they rely on their user base to actually follow new protocols and use...
Records administration is a complex and challenging task for any organization, and that’s without worrying about unauthorized or inappropriate users interfering with records. In fact, users with unnecessary access rights create more than just security and privacy risks, they can complicate or even damage the...
Procurement has never been easier for government agencies looking for help with records management. The Government Services Administration (GSA) has already done all the hard work in formulating its GSA Schedules – also known as Multiple Award Schedules (MAS). These schedules are “long-term governmentwide contracts with...
