By Jesse Lake, Senior Editor – ECOMPEX In Focus
Tuesday May 26, 2009
With the massive amounts of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that U.S. Government and Military agencies receive weekly, what was once considered a simple process of electronic redaction has become a major headache for information officers and records managers throughout civilian and military agencies. Electronic redaction is the removal of sensitive content from electronic documents for safe, efficient distribution to an audience that is not qualified to see the complete content.
The problem that arises with the redaction of electronic documents is that electronic data has its own tricks. Unless proper measures are taken, the redacted data may not be 100% hidden. This occurs because the data still exists in the file even if you cannot see it. Simply opening an electronic document in Microsoft Word, drawing a black box overtop of the text, then converting the document to a PDF will not completely remove the data from the document. Even though you cannot visually see the sensitive information, the metadata is still there waiting to be discovered. All the receiver of the document has to do is a simple copy and paste, and, presto, all the sensitive information that required so much time to redact is now available for anyone to see, which could have costly consequences.
To save time, minimize costs, and eliminate the headaches involved with redacting sensitive information from electronic documents, ECOMPEX has built an automated redaction module into its popular jDocXpt® technology. With jDocXpt's® automated redaction capabilities, users can automatically redact sensitive information permanently from electronic documents as they travel though the pipeline.
Using the right technology to perform electronic redaction will make your processes more accurate, efficient and cost effective and eliminate the headaches associated with ensuring sensitive data is hidden. Ensure your electronic documents are 100% redacted with the powerful, automated redaction capabilities of jDocXpt®.
To learn more about jDocXpt® and its automated redaction technologies, visit our Website at www.ecompex.com/jDocXpt contact ECOMPEX's Senior Editor, Jesse Lake at jesse.lake@ecompex.com.
