What’s the foundation for all data disciplines (including those legal folks care about)? As Trustpoint.One notes, it’s information governance.

In their article (Information Governance is the Foundation for All Data Disciplines, available here), Trustpoint.One observes that, given the explosion of data in organizations, increasing disciplines to which that data must be applied, the importance of identifying and protecting personal and sensitive data, and the threats to that data in the form of increased cyberattacks, your organizational data “house” needs a solid foundation. Without it, you can’t get to the data you need when you need it, and worse, you can’t protect the data you need to protect.

Information governance (IG) is the comprehensive framework that organizations must embrace which provides a foundation for various disciplines within an organization, including:

• eDiscovery: You already know that IG is important to supporting eDiscovery in litigation, investigations and more. Why else would the EDRM model have the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) embedded within it?
• Cybersecurity: An organization’s cybersecurity data disciplines are key to protecting sensitive information, mitigating risks, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Data Privacy: An organization’s data privacy disciplines must safeguard personal information, maintain customer trust, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
• Artificial Intelligence: An organization’s AI data disciplines are vital for ensuring the ethical, transparent, and effective development and deployment of AI systems, while maintaining data quality and regulatory compliance.

So, what are several specific ways in which IG supports each of these data disciplines? Find out here, it’s only one click! It takes discipline to learn this stuff! 😀

So, what do you think? Do you agree that information governance is the foundation for all data disciplines? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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