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Top 10 Redaction MistakesNot to Make

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Who is Informative Graphics?

Founded in 1990

Leading developer of commercial software products for viewing, collaboration and redaction

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona

• Documentum Partner since 1995

• Designed for EMC Documentum 2004

Thousands of customers, millions of users worldwide

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How do Redaction Errors Happen?

Government agencies, private companies, law firms, and courts have all been tripped up by improper electronic redaction

The most common error people make is to overlay an opaque rectangle, usually using a drawing shape, over the text to be redacted.

It is possible to “lock” a PDF to prevent users from copying text, PDF is an open format, meaning Adobe shares the format with other vendors so they can read and write PDF files as well.

Even when doing proper redaction, users can be tripped by not carefully searching for all variations of a search term.

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Inadvertently expose the personal email addresses of Al and Tipper Gore

Redaction Mistakes Not to Make

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Inadvertently sharing the details of a high-profile legal settlement

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Expose citizens’ personal information

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#8

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Reveal questionable actions by the President of the United States

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Reveal unlawful surveillance program by the NSA

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Expose weak points in international airport security

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Fail to conceal identifying descriptions in classified CIA report

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#4

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Expose Personal Identifying Information for Presidential

Candidates and other political figures

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#3

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Fail to redact information that could cause a threat to national security

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#2

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Leak TSA airport screening procedures

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#1

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How to Avoid Redaction Mistakes

Follow Redaction Best Practices

Identify a Redaction Expert.

Write a Formal Redaction Policy.

Select an Output Format.

Verify Proposed Redactions Before Finalizing.

Validate the Final Redacted Document.

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