Today, more organizations than ever are making the important shift toward effective IG, addressing not only the management of frequently accessed data but also including such issues as security compliance, access logs and privacy concerns.
IG has become intertwined with electronic discovery as attorneys turn toward ESI to build or disprove cases. These days, the phrase “information governance” is just as likely to refer to how data is controlled with regards to ediscovery as it is to internal data and storage policies. IG guidelines also establish defensibility and chain of custody for critical evidence.