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Iron Mountain Offers Survival Guide to Help Businesses Navigate
the Regulatory Jungle
Help at hand for UK companies to stay within information laws

LONDON, 6 Sept, 2007 – Iron Mountain is offering UK companies a free survival guide to help them stay compliant with increasingly complex information handling regulations. The ‘Compliant Records Management: Survival Guide’ is a step-by-step plan of action that will enable organisations to recognise, address and even benefit from the challenges of an increasingly harsh regulatory environment.

With 55 years of experience, Iron Mountain, the global leader in information protection and storage services is uniquely equipped to create the survival guide, available from www.ironmountain.co.uk/forms/survival. Six steps help organisations gain the 360 degree perspective they need to plan for, achieve and maintain compliance:

1. Organise a solid infrastructure – determining scale and need
2. Assess and plan – identifying physical and digital records and their locations
3. Develop key records management components and metrics
4. Implement the programme – executing it effectively across the company
5. Manage the programme – ensuring compliance company-wide
6. Audit – establishing accountability

“Our survival guide is essential reading for organisations of all sizes and in all sectors,” said Iron Mountain’s Andy Maurice, Head of Consulting. “Heavyweight new legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act and Rule 26 make up just some of the regulatory requirements affecting organisations, so compliance isn’t something to be ignored. We recognise that the scope and complexity of legislation can make it difficult for organisations to understand their obligations, so we are hoping to make it a bit easier for companies to comply with the regulatory standards.”

Following well-publicised errors in records management processes that have led to exposure of confidential customer information, compliance is very much on government, board room and media agendas. The regularity of breaches from organisations large and small shows how easily reputable organisations can inadvertently fall foul of information legislation.

Andy Maurice said, “With the possibility of stiff penalties if organisations get this wrong, today more than ever before, legal compliance is a strategic priority. Now, by following the survival guide’s six steps, UK business and the public sector can help protect themselves and their customers from breaches of legislation, whilst driving productivity and reducing costs.”

Iron Mountain is able to assist businesses with both the design and implementation of a compliant records management programme.

About Iron Mountain:
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organisations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 100,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim.