Data Protection in the Cloud

Users of cloud enabled solutions that hold personal or sensitive data must ensure that it is secure and protected from unauthorised use. The fundamental requirements are no different from the requirements relating to paper based data or data held on a proprietary IT infrastructure from a regulatory and good business practice perspective. The perceived and sometimes actual issue is that data you have acquired and are responsible for is now stored by a 3rd party located outside your proprietary infrastructure and to a significant degree outside...

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Ireland: e-Commerce Act 2000

The e-Commerce act of 2000 is the primary legislation governing the use of electronic documents and electronic signatures in business in Ireland.   In general it is an enabling legislation that clarifies the circumstances and conditions that make electronic documents valid and reliable. There is similar legislation around the world. Although in general the conditions that are laid down are reasonably easily achievable by companies and individuals wanting to use e-documents, there is one stipulation that has proved difficult, in the area of...

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Moving to the cloud for Financial Advisors

What is the cloud? Think of the cloud as a set of IT resources that you can access and use which do not reside on your premises or within your IT infrastructure. You and even perhaps your cloud provider may not even know specifically where the data resides, unless you have a specific agreement when you set up a Cloud based service. You may retain control of who has access or direct your Cloud provider to manage your authorized access. For those of you who remember the Data Centre, the cloud is analogous to a Data Centre. You are probably a...

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Securing the Evidence in eDiscovery

There are many challenges in creating effective and efficient searches of digital data for discovery purposes and one important area relates to securing the evidence (content) once discovered for later use. Whether the process is manual or automated using one of the many tools, it is essential that the authenticity and integrity of discovered content is secured so that when presented at a later date it can be beyond challenge. Digiprove provides a simple, secure and confidential technology that applies a unique digital fingerprint to the...

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Electronic Signatures and Relevance to Financial Advisors

Under the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 of Ireland, electronic communications are equally valid with paper-based communications. Electronic signatures are valid if the receiving party consents to the use of an electronic signature.  The definition of an electronic signature in this legislation is very broad: “electronic signature, an advanced electronic signature, an electronic signature based on a qualified certificate, an electronic signature created by a secure signature creation device or other technological requirements relating to...

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Protect Your Documents and All Your Communications Automatically

What if you could add certainty and eliminate the risk of human error inherent in your existing procedures and the weakness of traditional computer systems, without introducing more red-tape for you and your team? Digiprove now supplies just such a service through its Brokerprove – Auto-Protect module. It is easy to install, it offers great value-for-money, and does not require manual intervention. Once you have configured Brokerprove by telling it what folders on what servers need to be Digiproved, it will automatically create the...

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