I recently blogged about how information governance has the role of reducing risk of indictment. One of the questions I have been pondering lately is to what extent should those in information governance reduce the risk of indictment
ROI is a double-edged sword, with one edge being maximizing Return on Investment and the other edge being reducing the Risk of Indictment. Information can be an organization’s most valuable asset and one of its deadliest. For this reason, it must be managed with the same diligence that an organization treats its technology and finances. Because of this, the advice that I gave to my friend is that the first task in starting an information governance program is to assess two areas 1)Where can value be gained from information and 2)What information management areas are posing a risk in an instance of e-discovery or litigation
In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle last week, “PG&E admitted that it would never be able to find all records for about one-third of its 1,800-plus miles of urban gas-transmission pipes
You’re out of your mind if you think blocking access to file sharing services is filling a security gap
Anyways, here’s a draft of the introduction to my as yet untitled book of PHIGs
1 Comment - As we move from a world of companies driven by tacit knowledge to ones driven by information that can be easily found and consumed, people may become less important. Then again, I suspect you might be gearing up to also tell us how to make such good use of that information as to become indispensable
(I think I’ll refer to these as PHIG s - Principles of Holistic Information Governance)...Information is an organizational asset. In the course of our employ we produce and receive information
Gartner recently came out with its top predictions for 2012 , highlighting “how the control of technology and technology-driven decisions is shifting out of the hands of IT organizations.”
Introduction In the previous installments (January 17 and January 26, 2014), I discussed my difficulties with the current definitions of “Information Governance,” a hierarchical view of Governance and Management, and the nature of the activities at each level
1 Comment - However, I'm still not personally buying into the whole concept of applying the term "Governance" to the management of information as an asset
A records manager can no longer just be a records manager, but they also need to be a content manager. Knowledge of running a mailroom will no longer suffice, but also principles of managing e-mail needs to be in the toolkit of all RIM staff
A conversation between expert bloggers Chris Riley (to the left) and Dan O'Leary (right) about systems of engagement, systems of record, ECM, and how much is too much to worry about risk, compliance, and government
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