Information Governance - Why this term is important to understand?

 

Information Governance

Do you know what is information governance? Obviously, you may know bit of that or may not know that completely and that’s why you are here to understand more.

First try to break this in two and understand both terms separately –

1.       Information – Any data/metadata/facts which has some value/insights to make some decision/come to a result/may help to solve problems.

2.       Governance – Essentially, how to govern something in control or as per requirement. So, we all typically know how an organization is governed/operates/controlled ensuring that use of data and information complies with org.’s policies/standards/strategy/obligations and this includes regulatory, contractual and standard business requirements/objectives.

Cool so we know at least basic use of information governance and how this gets used as a tool in the org. to cover different aspects.

Let’s talk about some of the common domains that get affects or focused around information governance.

·       Information Classification

·       Information Management Policies

·       Location of data and Jurisdictional Policies around that

·       Authorization for accessing and making use of the data

·       Custodianship

·       Privacy

·       Data Ownership

·       Contractual Controls/Requirements

·       Security Controls around data governance

·       Data/Information security lifecycle (i.e., how to create/store/use/share/archive and destroy the data).