Information Governance Resources
Using Information Governance Tactics to Prepare for the GDPR 8/18/2017
Much like Information Governance, preparation for the General Data Protection Regulation is a cross-departmental concern that requires input from many different groups within an organization, including privacy, compliance, legal, line of business, IT and information security.
Transforming Risk with Better Information Governance 11/30/2016
As regulated companies are required to manage ever growing amounts of data, and regulators are imposing increasingly severe fines, how can firms ensure they comply with this greater scrutiny?
Transforming Risk: Shifting from Reactive to Proactive 1/18/2017
With many organisations struggling to deal with the rapid explosion of data, coupled with increasingly aggressive regulatory enforcement, how should they drive change in information governance?
Advice from Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook 2/23/2014
Fortune 1000 corporate counsel share advice about how corporations manage their e-discovery programs in this annual survey.
Why Data Deletion Makes Sense (and Dollars) 7/23/2015
Conventional wisdom says the cost of storing data is declining. That’s true. But the total cost to businesses to store data is rising unsustainably because they are collecting — and retaining — more data than ever before. The key to controlling costs and freeing up operating capital is deleting data you don’t need to store. How do you know what you don’t need? Two words: information governance.
Identifying & Protecting the Corporate Crown Jewels 10/26/2015
Every organization has a set of crown jewels—information that is critical, unique or irreplaceable. From the CEO’s emails to the board, to sensitive IP, organizations need to properly identify, categorize and secure these crown jewels. This paper is designed to provide a practical overview of how to secure your company’s crown jewels, from stakeholder involvement to developing repeatable processes and technical considerations.
The State of Information Governance in Corporations 3/31/2016
For this Advice from Counsel study, we interviewed in-house counsel to better understand the health and success of information governance programs within corporations. The results clearly show that with a few exceptions, most organizations are in the early stages of information governance adoption. Yet these executives have strong advice on how best to begin and implement an IG initiative. From these results, organizations can better under¬stand how their peers are successfully keeping an eye on the big picture while executing quick wins that help build momentum for broader IG initiatives.
Advice from Counsel: State of the Union on Data Privacy & Security 2/15/2018
The 12th Advice from Counsel study explores how issues of data security and privacy impact in-house legal teams at Fortune 1000 corporations and reveals the top concerns and emerging best practices across three key and intersecting topics: the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), IG and data security and remediation.
92 Reasons to Delete Data 6/13/2017
Data storage has never been cheaper. But the downstream costs – data discovery, legal review and data breaches, to name just a few – have never been higher. If you don’t yet have a data remediation policy, this collection of stats, facts and references provides 92 reasons to start planning for one.
The Lawyer - Global Litigation 50 Report, 2017 7/25/2017
Technology is revolutionising the way lawyers practice their trade. To deliver the greatest value to their clients, legal professionals must know about the latest technological solutions.
Quick Wins in Information Governance 11/22/2016
From protecting sensitive customer data from cyber threats to complying with data protection laws, corporate information governance efforts are quickly becoming “must do” projects. In this paper, Sonia Cheng gives her top 5 pragmatic and proactive tips to help in-house legal teams achieve quick wins for information governance projects.
The Importance of Information Governance 12/12/2016
Reducing Cost and Risk with Information Governance 10/9/2017
Exploding growth of corporate data, whether stored on servers, in the cloud or on employee devices, presents new challenges and opportunities for all organisations. Information Governance enables companies to get control over their information and allows them to make better business decisions.
Microsoft Office 365: Maximizing the Opportunity for Legal & Regulatory Compliance 3/6/2017
Microsoft Office 365 represents a transformational change for how organizations create, share and manage enterprise data. The migration to Office 365 also offers legal teams a once-in-a-decade opportunity to develop and implement industry best practices for e-discovery and information governance. Utilizing Office 365 demos and migration case study examples, this interactive webcast will address the legal and regulatory impacts of Office 365.
Five Steps to Prepare for GDPR 12/6/2017
When the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement kicks in this May, responding to data subject rights will be a challenge for many large organizations. The GDPR enables EU individuals to request corporations to inquire about what personal data they have on them or even delete their personal data. Requests must be responded to promptly, within one month, leaving companies very little time to perform a task that they may not be equipped to handle. No barrier exists for citizens to enact these rights, and some countries are planning campaigns to educate the public on them in the coming year.
Advice from Counsel: The State of Information Governance in Corporations 11/30/2015
From well-publicized data breaches to skyrocketing data growth (and costs), information governance challenges are all around us. How are corporations responding? What are the teams and roles driving information governance policy development? How are these policies communicated and enforced, not just internally but with external partners and stakeholders? Which IG strategies are producing tangible results, and which programs are coming up short?
Building an Intelligence-Led Cyber Program 12/1/2017
With reports of major breaches surfacing with alarming frequency, Boards and C-Level management are increasingly looking to Legal to implement programs that help the corporation prepare for, and reduce fallout from, inevitable cyber incidents. How can in-house counsel implement the right measures to minimize damage to the corporate reputation, loss of key data and legal and regulatory penalties? And how can you make sure your team is not already behind the ball at the time of incident detection?
GDPR: A Challenge and an Opportunity 6/12/2017
In the first of our series of short videos on GDPR, Sonia Cheng, FTI Consulting’s European Information Governance Leader, talks about what GDPR is, the key steps to compliance, and what to do if you have limited time and budget.
Defensible Remediation of “Dark Data” 6/24/2016
Many companies are wasting money on storage or exposing themselves to data breaches by supporting massive amounts of "dark data." Learn how you can get your dark data under control with this FTI Technology case study of our information governance services.
Privacy by Deletion: 5 Steps to Reducing Data Risk 7/21/2017
Organizational data is dramatically increasing in size – by some estimates as much as 40-60% growth per year – at the same time that data breaches grow in number. How can IT and legal teams work together to better protect sensitive corporate data and stave off data breaches?
Legal Holds in the Age of the Cloud and Information Governance 11/22/2016
Legal holds are a critical part of the e-discovery process, yet so many companies struggle to develop a formal system or keep their legal hold processes and technology up-to-date. This is about to change. Two major trends are pushing legal teams to address the current gaps in their legal hold process.
FTI Technology Crafts Solution to Remedy Health Care System’s Data Ills 11/23/2015
Understand corporate data residing on various networks and Sharepoint sites to proactively reduce data footprint and reduce future risk and exposure.
Defensible Remediation of “Dark Data” 6/24/2016
Many companies are wasting money on storage or exposing themselves to data breaches by supporting massive amounts of "dark data." Learn how you can get your dark data under control with this FTI Technology case study of our information governance services.
Equifax Breach a Category 4 or 5 Attack, but By No Means Unique 9/11/2017
Late last week, we learned that Equifax was breached via a simple web application weakness, and over 143 million consumers’ records were compromised. The bad (worse) news is that this story is not unique, and this is by no means the final chapter.
Microsoft Office 365 Migration Considerations Discussed in Computer Business Review 1/15/2017
With increasing adoption of Microsoft Office 365 (O365), analysts have indicated the migration process has arisen as an acute pain point from an information governance and e-discovery perspective.
A Lawyer’s Role in Office 365 Migration 3/18/2017
O365 migration should be viewed as a critical business initiative that requires the involvement of the legal department as one of the primary decision makers every step of the way during a migration.
IG Engagement, Enablement and Change to Ensure Policies Aren’t Collecting Dust 3/6/2017
Policy enforcement is a challenging task for most organizations – more so for those in regulated industries that have a highly complex legal and compliance profile.
We Now Have an Instruction Manual for Data Security Programs 5/30/2017
Target’s multistate settlement ($18.5MM) for their 2013 data breach is the strongest evidence yet that Data Governance and Security is impacting organizations in every vertical and geography.
FTI Discusses Information Governance Enforcement in InformationWeek 4/3/2017
Sean Kelly highlights steps IG teams can take to build enforcement into their policies from the outset.
