GDPR and email archiving: Of gunpowder and smokescreens [Update]
Ignorance and fear are bad advisors. They mostly cloud the view of the essential. In recent weeks, the GDPR (i.e. the new General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union, which comes into force on May 25, 2018) has stirred up a lot of dust. Certainly, through the GDPR…
Benno MailArchiv now supports secure two-factor authentication (2FA)
Access to the emails securely archived in Benno MailArchiv is secured by default with a username and password. Benno MailArchiv controls what the user can find and see in the archive via the user administration with the permissions stored there. The access security to the archived emails…
What exactly is an e-mail?
Perhaps at first glance you think "What is this question supposed to be? What an email is, is quite clear!". What from a typical user's perspective is initially certainly simple, correct and comprehensible to answer, can however become a difficult question under more technical (and also compliance) aspects…
Benno MailArchiv 2.4.0 released
LWsystems released Benno MailArchiv 2.4.0 a few days ago. The new release is available for download immediately. Customers with valid software maintenance can update to the new version free of charge. Benno MailArchiv Release 2.4 brings some functional innovations and various bug fixes. In addition to various…
What "GoBD-compliant" email archiving really means
It is important to take a close look at the term 'GoBD-compliant' and its meaning, as there are many misunderstandings here and the essential often remains hidden. So let's take a closer look at the details and explain what really matters when it comes to GoBD compliance in legally compliant email archiving.
Mail archiving is mandatory from 1.1.2017. The grace period is already ending soon.
With the deadline of 1.1.2017, the transition period for the entry into force of the GoBD ('Principles for the proper management and storage of books, records and documents in electronic form as well as for data access (GoBD)') ends. It replaces the mandatory rules from GoBS and GDPdU that have been in place for several years.