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.
On Friday, a series of massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks caused internet outages across much of the US, and also in parts of…
At least, that is, unless overheard, written, or recorded. Just ask anyone following the presidential campaigns. Absent concrete evidence, spoken words evaporate and any discussion of them quickly devolves into the type of “he said, she said” game usually seen…
Dr. Stephen Covey reminded us that “important” is not the same thing as “urgent.” Records retention reminds us that important is not the same thing as exciting. I get it – records retention schedules are boring. But the fact remains…
In my last post I talked about how organizations can get employees to follow security advice. Today’s riff is on “making it personal.” Make security self-serving. In other words, answer the question, “What’s in it for me?” Corporate security…
“If your clients don’t have a records management system, they may as well take their money out into the parking lot and set it on fire.”
– U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge John Facciola (now retired, and missed)
We all…
This week, with echoes of vintage John Mellencamp in the air, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit took a gavel to the wall that for years has blocked consumer class actions for data breach claims – Article III…
It’s certainly been a wild, heated presidential race. Information governance has remained at center stage, ever since President Obama’s successful 2008 rallying cry, “Data We Can Believe In.” And the 2016 candidates have followed suit, with Bernie Sanders’ “What We…
By now, you’ve surely heard about the hack of the Democratic National Committee that gathered thousands of email messages, the contents of which were exposed by WikiLeaks and ultimately caused Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign. But did you also…
Sometimes we make things way too complicated – especially our relationship with business data. Allow me to “kidnap” Robert Fulghum’s classic poem – wisdom in effectively governing information compliance, cost, risk, and value is not found exclusively at the…
