Biography
Biography: Mark Stevens
Abstract
The need to retain information as accessible, searchable and useable goes far beyond the need to satisfy legal requirements of data longevity. There’s also arguably more onus than ever before regarding the visibility over who’s accessed what and when: something that a paper-based, manually administrated system can struggle to provide. As many compliance conscious organisations migrate from a paper-based archiving system to an electronic alternative, Mark explores the common misconceptions surrounding the journey and provides guidance on how businesses can minimise the cost implications of keeping an ever-growing population of content electronically preserved. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have an enhanced understanding of: The pitfalls of paper, compatibility and accessibility, and the benefits of an electronic quality management system (EQMS), How to select and implement an EQMS, considering the complete journey between document creation and archiving, What’s involved in migrating from paper to electronic from a cost, compliance and process perspective, The need to future-proof business critical documentation – advocating active preservation over mere safe-keeping, The options open to organisations when it comes to where to store archived digital data, and who should be responsible for it, The security and accessibility challenges surrounding both off-site but internally managed systems, and fully outsourced solutions, The latest facts and figures surrounding achieving trends across multiple regulated industries.