World Class Faculty
Taught by InfoGov Leaders
Our team teaching approach leverages the insights of leaders in key IG facets, including AI Governance, Data Governance, eDiscovery, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Infonomics, RIM & more.
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Syllabus
Information Governance Concepts, Definitions, and Principles
- The IG "Perfect Storm" - GDPR, Breaches, Big Data
- The Onslaught of Big Data and the Information Governance Imperative
- Defining Information Governance
- IG Is Not a Project, But an Ongoing Program
- Why IG Is Good Business
- Failures in Information Governance
- Form IG Policies, Then Apply Technology for Enforcement
Information Governance Principles
- Sedona 11 IG Principles
- Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
- Assessment and Improvement Roadmap
- Cybersecurity Principles
- Privacy Principles
Information Governance, IT Governance, Data Governance: What’s the Difference?
- Data Governance
- IT Governance
- Information Governance
- Impact of a Successful IG Program
- Summing Up the Differences
Information Risk Planning and Management
- Step 1: Survey and Determine Legal and Regulatory Applicability and Requirements
- Step 2: Specify IG Requirements to Achieve Compliance
- Step 3: Create a Risk Profile
- Step 4: Perform Risk Analysis and Assessment
- Step 5: Develop an Information Risk Mitigation Plan
- Step 6: Develop Metrics and Measure Results
- Step 7: Execute Your Risk Mitigation Plan
- Step 8: Audit the Information Risk Mitigation Program
Strategic Planning and Best Practices for Information Governance
- Crucial Executive Sponsor Role
- Evolving Role of the Executive Sponsor
- Building Your IG Team
- Assigning IG Team Roles and Responsibilities
- Align Your IG Plan with Organizational Strategic Plans
- Survey and Evaluate External Factors
- Formulating the IG Strategic Plan
Business Considerations for a Successful IG Program
- Introduction to Infonomics & Data Monetization
- Calculating Information Costs
- Big Data Opportunities and Challenges
- Full Cost Accounting for Information
- Calculating the Cost of Owning Unstructured Information
- The Path to Information Value
- New Information Models
- Future State: What Will the IG-Enabled Organization Will Look Like?
Information Governance and Legal Functions
- Introduction to e-Discovery: The Revised 2006 FRCP Changed Everything
- 2015 FRCP Revisions
- Big Data Impact
- More Details on the Revised FRCP Rules
- Landmark E-Discovery Case: Zubulake v. UBS Warburg
- E-Discovery Techniques
- E-Discovery Reference Model
- The Intersection of IG and E-Discovery
- Building on Legal Hold Programs to Launch Defensible Disposition
- Destructive Retention of E-Mail
- Newer Technologies that Can Assist in E-discovery
- Defensible Disposal: The Only Real Way to Manage Terabytes and Petabytes
- Retention Policies and Schedules
Information Governance and Records and Information Management Functions
- Records Management Business Rationale
- Why Is Records Management So Challenging?
- Benefits of Electronic Records Management
- Additional Intangible Benefits
- Inventorying E-Records
- Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
- E-Records Inventory Challenges
- Records Inventory Purposes
- Records Inventorying Steps
- Ensuring Adoption and Compliance of RM Policy
- General Principles of a Retention Scheduling
- Developing a Records Retention Schedule
- Why Are Retention Schedules Needed?
- What Records Do You Have to Schedule? Inventory and Classification
- Rationale for Records Groupings
- Records Series Identification and Classification
- Retention of E-Mail Records
- How Long Should You Keep Old E-Mails?
- Destruction Retention of E-Mail
- Legal Requirements and Compliance Research
- Event-Based Retention Scheduling for Disposition of E-Records
- Prerequisites for Event-Based Disposition
- Final Disposition and Closure Criteria
- Retaining Transitory Records
- Implementation of the Retention Schedule and Disposal of Records
- Ongoing Maintenance of the Retention Schedule
- Audit to Manage Compliance with the Retention Schedule
Information Governance and Privacy and Security Functions
- GDPR
- CCPA
- Privacy Policies & Notices
- Privacy & RIM
- Cyberattacks Proliferate
- Insider Threat: Malicious or Not
- Privacy Laws
- Defense in Depth
- Controlling Access Using Identity Access Management
- Enforcing IG: Protect Files with Rules and Permissions
- Challenge of Securing Confidential E-Documents
- Apply Better Technology for Better Enforcement in the Extended Enterprise
- E-Mail Encryption
- Secure Communications Using Record-Free E-Mail
- Digital Signatures
- Document Encryption
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Technology
- Missing Piece: Information Rights Management (IRM)
- Embedded Protection
- Hybrid Approach: Combining DLP and IRM Technologies
- Securing Trade Secrets after Layoffs and Terminations
- Persistently Protecting Blueprints and CAD Documents
- Securing Internal Price Lists
- Approaches for Securing Data Once It Leaves the Organization
- Document Labeling
- Document Analytics
- Confidential Stream Messaging
Content Services
- ECM vs Content Services
- Content Services Components
- Causes for ECM Failure
- Leading Solutions & Approaches
- Long Term Digital Preservation
Infonomics
How to Measure, Manage & Monetize Information
Maintaining an Information Governance Program and Culture of Compliance
- Monitoring and Accountability
- Staffing Continuity Plan
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Why Continuous Improvement Is Needed
