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compliance Last modified: Friday, September 14, 2007
In data storage terminology, the word compliance is used to refer to industry-wide government regulations and rules that cite how data is managed and the need for organizations to be in compliance with those regulations. The term encompasses data storage, data archiving, data encryption, and also data retrieval. Compliance has become a major concern for organizations and businesses, due largely in part to increasing regulatory requirements which often require organizations to invest in new technologies in order to address compliance issues. There are more than 8,500 state and federal regulations concerning records management in the United States, as well as additional voluntary standards. *Some of the specific regulatory compliance issues organizations have to contend with are the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for all public corporations, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for corporations in the healthcare industry and SEC regulations for retention of all electronic correspondence with clients. [* Adapted from EnterpriseStorageForum]
The Intranet Journal  The Intranet Journal provides an excellent resource for information on intranet technology. Major sections on this page provide: news and features, Web links, design tools and an intranet toolshed, FAQs, Intranet 101, Intra-Views, and an experts corner. Compliance Regulations Corporations today are employing content, document, and records management to maintain compliance with any number of federal regulations. EarthWeb’s IT Management Provides strategic information and analysis that lets CIOs, CTOs and Senior IT Managers be more effective in their jobs. Articles and columns cover a variety of topics important to IT Managers, including: security, network and systems management, application development, enterprise resource planning, intranets and IT services. Factoring in Compliance Internal compliance initiatives must constantly trade off the need to balance risks with the needs of the business to achieve a proper balance. IT, Security and the Legalese of Compliance You work in IT, not at a law firm. Nonetheless, techies are starting to get caught between securing their organizations and regulatory compliance requirements. Network Storage Forum Business Continuity, Hardware, Industry News, IP Storage, Management, Outsourcing and more for Enterprise Storage. Storage Management: The Compliance Effect Good news for storage managers has arrived in the form of new data retention laws handed down by the federal government. The bad news for storage managers, however, are those same data retention laws handed down by the federal government.	Related Categories Computer Law Data Storage Related Terms archival backup archive data data warehouse encryption HIPAA record Sarbanes Oxley Act storage storage area network storage consolidation