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Protecting distributed data throughout your organization
Protecting and managing information in retail organizations can be challenging, especially for large regional or national chains with many locations and no IT resources at the store level. Often, stores rely on local vendors for records management and data protection services, leading to inconsistent practices, poor visibility and control, and missed opportunities for cost savings.
In addition, stores often store sensitive or confidential information - such as customer credit card numbers, employee records, and inventory data - on local servers and PCs, where it is vulnerable to theft, disclosure and localized disasters. As a result, stores are ill equipped to recover quickly from a disaster.
Solutions for records management and data protection
Iron Mountain offers single-vendor solutions that enable retail organizations to better control and protect their valuable data, across all locations and from the store level to the corporate level. With our experience and proven best practices, we can help you:
- Ensure that your data is automatically backed up and protected – without requiring action by IT staff or store personnel - so continuity can be assured following a disaster, network outage or other interruption
- Maximize the square footage devoted to revenue-generating activities by eliminating onsite records storage
- Ensure that corporate policies for records management, data backup, and compliance are consistently implemented
- Reduce the risk of identity theft and non-compliance by ensuring that customer and employee personal information is confidentially disposed of, in keeping with privacy laws
Drawing on decades of experience in the retail industry, Iron Mountain offers solutions in several key areas.
Data backup and disaster recovery services
Our portfolio includes cost-effective, online backup services for distributed servers and PCs, which provide encrypted backup, data vaulting, and rapid online recovery of lost or damaged files. We also offer highly reliable yet affordable options for tape backup.
Records retention, storage and disposal
We’ll help you plan and implement a national or multi-site program for records storage, access and disposal. This ensures compliance with your corporate records retention program while freeing space for revenue-generating purposes.
Secure shredding
Shredding services ensure that personal customer information is promptly and confidentially destroyed in accordance with legal requirements.
We help lower your risks and costs
Consistent implementation has proven to be the most effective approach to compliance and risk management. Iron Mountain provides the staff resources, processes and proven technology to ensure that consistency, allowing your local personnel to focus on your customers.
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