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What are the Drivers of Electronic Records Management (ERM)?

AIIM

Virtually all new records are created electronically today – they are what we call “born digital.” Whether a record is in the format of a letter, an email, fax, a web, or other transaction, the chances are today that it originally was created with one or more computers. With any paper?based sometimes within days.

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NEW TECH: DigiCert Document Signing Manager leverages PKI to advance electronic signatures

The Last Watchdog

Most of us, by now, take electronic signatures for granted. Yet electronic signatures do have their security limitations. As digital transformation has quickened, it has become clear that electronic signatures are destined to become even more pervasively used to conduct business remotely. Achieving high assurance.

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Meet the Computer Scientist Who Helped Push for Paper Ballots

Dark Reading

Security Pro File: Award-winning computer scientist and electronic voting expert Barbara Simons chats up her pioneering days in computer programming, paper-ballot backups, Internet voting, math, and sushi.

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Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

Krebs on Security

Nicholas Weaver , a lecturer at the computer science department at University of California, Berkeley, said the court document system doesn’t hold documents that are classified for national security reasons. “Due to the nature of the attacks, the review of this matter and its impact is ongoing.”

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GUEST ESSAY: Understanding the security limits of the static and dynamic passwords we rely on

The Last Watchdog

For better or worse, we will continue to use passwords to access our computing devices and digital services for years to come. With fast advancements in computer technology, it has become possible to crack static passwords using, in essence, brute force. We all rely on passwords. Related : The coming of password-less access.

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Security Vulnerability in ESS ExpressVote Touchscreen Voting Computer

Schneier on Security

Of course the ESS ExpressVote voting computer will have lots of security vulnerabilities. It's a computer, and computers have lots of vulnerabilities. Someone didn't think the security through, and the result is a voter-verifiable paper audit trail that doesn't provide the security it promises. Yes, they're computers.

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Capturing Paper Documents - Best Practices and Common Questions

AIIM

Despite technology, most companies continue to struggle to manage the burden of paper in many important business processes. Also known as “capture,” this capability is characterized by the ability to scan paper documents to store and use them in digital form instead of paper. What are the common issues with Scanning?

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