When Will Information Governance “Come of Age”?

by Andrea VanSeveren | Aug 30, 2021 | Privacy

Reading Time: 4 minutes Driven by the rising tide of privacy legislation, information governance is shifting from a powerful differentiator to a business-critical, must-have operational function. It’s only a matter of time before every organization that...

Is Information Security an Oxymoron without Information Governance?

by Andrea VanSeveren | Aug 27, 2021 | Privacy

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you don’t know what data you have, and you haven’t classified it, can you effectively protect it? Put another way, is the historical lack of focus on information governance a significant contributor to today’s rampant...

Information Governance is a Business Enabler

by Andrea VanSeveren | Aug 26, 2021 | Privacy

Reading Time: 3 minutes Information governance is generally associated with “value preservation;” i.e., it’s viewed as a form of risk management. But what about value creation to help drive business success? Can information governance improve organizational...

Here’s Why Companies Struggle to Delete Data

by Andrea VanSeveren | Aug 24, 2021 | Privacy

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Fear of hitting the delete button” has reached epidemic proportions within organizations of all sizes. Policy, process, ownership questions, and a patchwork legal landscape all play a part—as does a fundamental lack of information...

How Privacy is Driving the Need for Information Governance

by Andrea VanSeveren | Aug 23, 2021 | Privacy

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the biggest impacts of proliferating privacy legislation is that it’s forcing businesses to really understand what data they have and how they’re using it. The mandate to map data for compliance gives companies a record of...