I had been thinking about writing a post on Blockchain when I happened across the Washington Post’s In/Out List for 2017, and that sealed the deal:
Out: Not being able to explain Bitcoin.
In: Not being able to explain Blockchain.
So, feeling up
Information Bytes
The law blog for data with people problems
Information Bytes, published by Information Governance Group, focuses on practical aspects of information governance including data retention, data management, defensible disposition, and data security. The blog addresses compliance with regulatory requirements, risk mitigation related to data handling, and strategies for maximizing the value of organizational information. It covers topics such as establishing legally validated records retention schedules, implementing information management policies, data breach response readiness, and aligning information governance initiatives with business objectives. The content also explores the intersection of information governance with litigation discovery and privacy regulations, providing guidance for organizations to manage information cost-effectively while controlling legal and security risks.
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HIPAA trends emerge from five years of provider breaches
By Peter Sloan
As the calendar year turned there were several great posts highlighting lessons learned in 2016 from notable HIPAA breaches and enforcement actions. It’s also useful to climb up out of the trees and view the forest. The HHS Office of…
Millennial postscript to last post
By Peter Sloan
P.S. My youngest son read my last post, 2016: Blinded by the Likes, and said it was “OK” (high praise). He added, though, that I was missing the generational angle. Bear in mind, this is a 22-year-old who added to…
2016: Blinded by the Likes
By Peter Sloan
I put off writing this post for months, because I found the April news item so profoundly disturbing. But as I reflect on the past year, now that 2016 has finally come to a close, it strikes me that one detail of this news…
Roundups and records—it’s still the Wild West in 2016
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As a horsewoman, I have followed the plight of the American Mustang in recent years, and I am once again struck by parallels with the management—or lack thereof—of information. Good intentions, poor execution. Hopes that…
Why govern your information? Reason #8: It can build – or bust – your brand
By Peter Sloan
The “business case” for information governance often focuses solely on quantifying specific costs for data management and exposures for data security and ediscovery. Number crunching is of course important, but it misses something bigger, more strategic, and ultimately more crucial…
Keeping data in context
By Peter Sloan
Retention schedules are essential in bringing order to a company’s complicated, chaotic information environment. Whether they succeed in doing so depends largely on whether they are structured properly. So, the age-old question is, what’s the best way to go –…
Why govern your information? Reason #9: Unnecessary business data multiplies data security exposures
By Peter Sloan
Having too much data causes problems beyond needless storage costs, workplace inefficiencies, and uncontrolled litigation expenses. Keeping data without a legal or business reason also exacerbates data security exposures. To put it bluntly, businesses that tolerate troves of unnecessary data are playing cybersecurity roulette…
The crystallization of discontent: Finding the uber-ROI for information governance
Most enterprise information governance initiatives are event-driven: an expensive lawsuit, a system migration, a board or regulatory inquiry, a corporate move, and so on. Though there’s nothing wrong with being opportunistic in making IG progress, it can sometimes be too…
Our complicity in the Clinton campaign email hacks
By Peter Sloan
Reports indicate that in mid-March of this year, John Podesta and various Clinton campaign staff members received individual notifications from Google like this one, telling them to change their Google passwords, pronto. Just one problem – the security alerts weren’t…