Information Governance, 2nd Edition

PREFACE

In the five plus years since the first edition of this book was published, information governance (IG) has matured as a discipline, and business executives and managers at leading enterprises now see IG programs as increasingly valuable. A combination of factors have created an imperative for IG programs: new, tightened regulations; the continuing deluge of Big Data; and the realization that new value can be gained from information stores using analytics have all combined to raise the profile of IG programs across the globe.

In particular, new privacy legislation, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act, helped foster a newfound awareness of data protection issues, and organizations worldwide scrambled to inventory and gain insight into their information stores. This is often a first step in IG programs, and so the realization of IG as a needed and valued undertaking set in. Enterprises began to see IG not only as a cost center and risk reduction activity, but also as one that can add value to the enterprise, in some cases even monetizing information.

This book clarifies and codifies what IG is—and what it is not—and how to launch, control, and manage IG programs. Based on exhaustive research, and with the contributions of a number of industry pioneers and experts, this book lays out IG as a complete discipline, fully updated, including an expanded section on information privacy and new material on managing emerging technologies. ...