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2016 OAS Guidelines

Subsection 3.8: Documentation security

3.8.1

The measures you apply should normally consist of the following:

  • Recording and backing up documents by scanning and microfiche, and limiting access to them;
  • An updated security plan describing the measures in place to protect documents against unauthorized access and deliberate destruction or loss of documents;
  • the classification and secure filing of documents, specifying who is responsible for their processing;
  • the resolution of incidents that may jeopardize the security of documents.

3.8.2

Among the measures you apply, should be:

  • Checking your system's protection against unauthorized access and recording the results;
  • a business continuity and emergency recovery plan;
  • the documented corrective measures taken following a specific incident.