Records management and information governance professionals are all too aware data breaches are on the rise. Clients know, too—and they are looking for organizations that fight back. Obtaining SOC 2 certification is one way to show your organization takes data security seriously. RIM and IG professionals play a central role in data security, and RIM/IG’s…
Integration is often central to effective information governance. This includes integrated policies, processes, strategies, controls, and technologies. Some of the biggest obstacles to integration are often organizational silos[1]—separations of departments, people, and functions that can hinder the flow of information and how it’s managed. Bringing together two groups whose organizational silos may be impeding a…
BOISE, Idaho — In a sea of electronic information, constant online connectedness, social media, remote work, and globalization that subjects companies to varied multinational legislation, companies always are vulnerable to litigation and regulatory investigation. By one account, as of 2017, almost two-thirds of medium- to large-sized businesses faced more than 25 legal and regulatory matters…
BOISE, Idaho — Digital therapeutics is a novel technology with many implications for records management. This blog will address some emerging records management issues specific to digital therapeutics. What are digital therapeutics? Digital therapeutics (sometimes referred to as “DTx”) combine software and monitoring devices for the management and treatment of physical, mental, or behavioral health…
Zasio Enterprises, Inc., a global leader in business-to-business information governance and records management solutions, is pleased to announce its industry-changing software, Versatile Electronic Records Management System™ (ERMS), now works with Versatile Retention. ™ The integration means it’s now possible to directly manage records retention in your electronic document repositories. “Zasio is the first company in…
Since our previous post discussing plans for the European Union-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, the United States has taken a significant step toward setting this new framework into action. On Oct. 7, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” which lays out steps the U.S.…
Privacy is a crucial part of records and information management. Privacy, however, can be a puzzling topic to approach. Formal RIM texts frequently contain little privacy. And a RIM professional’s first experience many times involves jumping headlong into some involved issues, and without much exposure to the foundations. This can be like being handed a…
Privacy is everywhere these days. And as RIM professionals, we must be aware of how privacy laws impact records and information management. But terms like ‘sectoral versus comprehensive regulatory approach,’ ‘cross contextual behavioral advertising,’ and many, different—and often convoluted—definitions of ‘personal data’ can make privacy a difficult topic to stay engaged in. Thankfully, for RIM…
In today’s world where humans produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily (that’s a million trillion!),[1] the average data breach costs $3.86 million,[2] and companies can face data privacy-related fines north of $800 million,[1] records and information management (RIM) is getting more time in the spotlight. Most RIM practitioners can build a strong case for…
Data privacy regulations have been a hot topic in the ever-changing discussion of consumer privacy. So far in 2021, 27 bills have been proposed in states which seek to implement new or change existing data privacy laws.[1] By comparison, only two state-level bills were introduced in all of 2018.[2] One of those 2018 bills was…