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Michalsons Information Management Services

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Our practice focuses on all legal issues that impact on the creation, transmission, processing and storage of information and records. These include: Advice on legal compliance Advice on SANS Standards 15489 (Records Management), 15801 (Electronic Imaging), 17799 (Information Security Management), 27001 (Information Security Management Systems) and 21188 (Public Key Infrastructure) ...

Information Sensitivity Audit

Monday, May 18th, 2009

There are several laws in South Africa which impose obligations on organisations to treat certain types of information as "sensitive".  In this regard, "sensitivity" includes all references in a law to information which is personal, private, confidential, secret, sensitive or cannot be disclosed. Many of the laws provide for offences ...

Imaging Audit

Monday, May 18th, 2009

This is a sub-component of our RIM audit. However, most of our clients have in the past requested that it be treated as a separate audit. In our experience, many organisations are grappling with issues around whether physical source documents can be destroyed after being imaged and whether imaged documents will ...

Records and Information Management Audit

Monday, May 18th, 2009

In this audit we identify and highlight any information risk and compliance issues that arise from what can broadly be termed the "processing" of information as it passes through the information lifecycle management (creation and capture, transmission, retention and storage, access and disposal). There is a specific focus on "records" and ...

What is ICT law?

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

We focus on the law related to ICT: Information - (or data) in paper or electronic format Communication - in person or electronically (electronic communications), in writing or voice, telecommunications, and broadcasting Information technology (IT) - including software, hardware and electronics Communications technology - including protocols, software and hardware By law we mean laws, rules, ...

What is “information management”?

Friday, January 23rd, 2004

"We will have to learn, before understanding any task, to first ask the question, "What information ...

Michalsons Information Management Services

Tuesday, October 15th, 2002

Our practice focuses on all legal issues that impact on the creation, transmission, processing and storage of information and records. These include: Advice on legal compliance Advice on SANS Standards 15489 (Records Management), 15801 (Electronic Imaging), 17799 (Information Security Management), 27001 (Information Security Management Systems) and 21188 (Public Key Infrastructure) ...