Scan Magazine – August 2018

86 | Issue 115 | August 2018

Scan Magazine | Business Profile | BoardPlace A/S

One of the biggest risks in today’s board work is having confidential documents
ending up in the wrong place. The digital tool BoardPlace prevents this from
happening, and also makes board work easier and more structured.

By Nicolai Lisberg | Photos: BoardPlace

The careless way in which many boards
handle confidential material represents
a massive security risk, according to
Jakob Scharf, former PET boss and cur-
rent director at CERTA Intelligence &
Security A/S. This is one of the reasons
why BoardPlace has made it its vision to
make board work more secure. Its digital
system eliminates e-mail correspond-
ence completely, and instead, collects
and structures all necessary communi-
cation directly in the BoardPlace app.

“I still haven’t come across companies
with clear rules on which e-mail accounts
their board members can use. They just
send the information to the e-mail ad-
dresses of their board members, regard-
less of whichever e-mail account they may
have. One might have a Hotmail account,
which is extremely easy to hack, and an-
other might have a company e-mail ad-

dress, where their respective company

keeps a backup of all e-mails received,”

explains Claus Due, sales and developing

consultant at BoardPlace. “So you have

often confidential information, which is

meant for board members only, ultimately

accessible to a lot of people.”

Making board work easier

The new General Data Protection Regu-

lation (GDPR), which was implemented

earlier this year, also presents compa-

nies with new challenges. Most board

work contains personal information,

which, according to the new regulations,

can no longer be shared via e-mail.

“Not only is BoardPlace more secure to

use, but it also gives you a lot of advan-

tages. You have easy access to key infor-

mation, you can optimise time manage-

ment, get a better overview, and it works

Making board work more secure

both online and offline,” Due notes. He

adds: “It’s becoming more and more

essential to board performance to re-

place members of the board to suit the

task at hand. With BoardPlace, all data

is gathered in one place, so it’s easier

to get members on board quickly and

give them a complete overview. That

way, they are able to perform well right

away. Using BoardPlace also ensures

that data and information created at the

board stays at the board.”

Web: http://www.boardplace.com

Facebook: boardplace.dk

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/

company/boardplace

Claus Due.