A colleague recently asked me about Google Docs, wanting to know if it would be suitable to share documents within the organisation. She had heard that other Council’s were using it, and Google Docs certainly ticks many of the boxes:
- Free and easy to set up
- Possible to allow multiple users to access and contribute to documents
- Available (not blocked by our corporate filters and excellent uptime)
But the major question I wanted an answer to was around security. As soon as information leaves our internal corporate network, there are security issues which need to be considered.
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