Peniel Solutions LLC (PSL), a recognized leader in providing complete, end-to-end technology enabled business solutions capable of delivering the latest technical advancements and trends in the areas of Cybersecurity, Data, Development, Cloud and Advisory Services has been awarded five separate ISO Certifications by the International Organization (ISO) for Standardization. These certifications include ISO 9001-2015 (quality [...]

With so many government workers teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic, records-related security concerns are especially pressing right now. Beyond the admittedly helpful ability to access electronic records remotely, is it still safe and secure to do so? The answer to that question depends largely on the processes, policies, and technology platforms chosen by the [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the working world like an earthquake, with millions of Americans now working from home under lockdown and shelter-in-place orders. It's even affected government workers, including staff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): "Like other institutions and businesses, the National Archives has closed all public spaces and cancelled all [...]

For the past several years, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been pushing federal agencies to manage more and more records in electronic format. As the government transitions away from analog and paper-based record-keeping, NARA has imposed a series of accelerating objectives: Manage all permanent and temporary emails in an accessible electronic [...]

Federal agencies trying to meet electronic record-keeping requirements need to consider a factor they might not ordinarily think about: user experience. As agencies shift away from paper-based processes toward a more digital future, they rely on their user base to actually follow new protocols and use new tools. If the user experience of their chosen [...]

Records administration is a complex and challenging task for any organization, and that’s without worrying about unauthorized or inappropriate users interfering with records. In fact, users with unnecessary access rights create more than just security and privacy risks, they can complicate or even damage the entire records management process by interfering in the administration of [...]

Procurement has never been easier for government agencies looking for help with records management. The Government Services Administration (GSA) has already done all the hard work in formulating its GSA Schedules – also known as Multiple Award Schedules (MAS). These schedules are “long-term government wide contracts with commercial firms providing federal, state, and local government [...]

As federal agencies transition from the “Cloud First” to the “Cloud Smart” approach, it is evident that federal IT executives are inclining more toward capitalizing on cloud adoption and its underlining benefits. Beyond just reduced IT infrastructure and operating costs [...]

Since 2014, over 440 breaches of government data in the U.S. have exposed nearly 169 million records, according to a study from technology research website Comparitech. That figure doesn’t even touch on data breaches that remain undiscovered, nor on other security issues that can impact government records. Meanwhile, even as the slow but sure transition [...]

On June 28, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) established a new rule for federal agencies: “By December 31, 2022, all permanent records in Federal agencies will be managed electronically to the fullest extent possible for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format.” That means after 2022 agencies will be [...]