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.
2017 was rife with data dangers. Nary a day passed without headlines of massive data breaches and ransomware attacks; Russian election-meddling through WikiLeaks and social media; fake news; and presidential tweet-storms. …
Our firm’s elephant icon is a nod to The Blind Men and the Elephant, the familiar, age-old parable for how we often do not see the big picture, but instead only the parts we directly encounter. And so it goes for organizations’ data. Individual…
It’s a common nightmare. As you toss and turn in bed, you picture yourself on a strange playing field with other athletes swirling around you. You have absolutely no idea what sport you are playing, nor a clue what the…
Facebook this week announced its new social media application targeted at children, Messenger Kids. Designed to be COPPA-compliant, the text, video chat and photo-sharing app combines parental controls with all of the quirky features that tweens and younger folks will simply love, thereby ensuring…
It’s 4:20 p.m. on Friday. You’re looking forward to meeting your friends soon for happy hour at the local bar. Your boss is on vacation, and you’re caught up for the week. All is well. As you take one last look…
Tom Hanks excels at illuminating our nation’s history, from John Adams to Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Bridge of Spies, Apollo 13, and Charlie Wilson’s War. Much of the impact springs from Hanks’ reverence for the primary source materials – the underlying records…
We’re addicted to information, but we can’t stand to think about it again once we’ve seen it, saved it, hoarded it. Why? We collect or create it in the moment, but have no thought or plan for its future. Even…
The aftermath of the Equifax breach continues. First, the Ugly:
Music Major? Really?
The hoi polloi apparently find it offensive that Equifax’s Chief Security Officer, fired in the breach’s wake, had a music degree. The implication is that someone formally trained…
The FTC today posted helpful information on consumer fraud alerts and credit freezes, two of several options for consumers in the wake of the Equifax breach (and its ilk). The post explains the difference between the two, and it also…
The grousing began within 24 hours of Equifax’s announcement, last Thursday, of its massive data breach that compromised personal data of over 140 million U.S. consumers. I’m generally unsympathetic about such complaints (“We’re shocked – SHOCKED – that in…
