Ask anyone involved in records management, information management, IT, InfoSec, Privacy, Legal, or Compliance whether their organization needs an Information Governance (IG) program, and they’ll... […]
The cost of privacy efforts is one of the most intractable categories of business spend. Most of the savings a firm can realize for their significant expenditures is akin to “what’s the color of the... […]
Many of our clients are being impacted by new regulations and standards around consumer or citizen privacy. Privacy groups in these organizations have a list of necessary objectives they must meet,... […]
What’s driving privacy concerns at organizations today? Are privacy program strategies mature or still in their infancy? How effective are privacy policies—do they effect practice or are they dead... […]
The March meeting of the Los Angeles chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) dove into the topic of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Without going into... […]
Given the near ubiquity of GDPR fear, uncertainty and doubt — and the ink spilled over complying with it (not to mention the untold consulting dollars spent doing so) — at first blush, the idea of... […]
When it comes to managing big data, there are two competing schools of thought. One says that you should put all the information in a data lake, so you can magically find all these patterns to better... […]
Like any organization dealing with personal and protected data, financial services companies are looking to develop the right information governance practices to minimize risk and improve information... […]
Information governance and privacy expert Jim Polka offers predictions and recommendations for privacy in 2019: […]
Every year, I say I hate prediction posts. And yet every year I write one. This year I'm converting my information security predictions into actionable advice. […]