People have been writing for months about what could have prevented or lessened the impact the Sony hack <http://www.cnet.com/news/13-revelations-from-the-sony-hack/>. I’ve talked to many people in the information governance industry on this very topic. I’m a firm believer that even with proper information governance policies that were properly followed, the impact of the Sony hacks would be the same. Of course, not everyone agrees. Lubor Ptacek <https://twitter.com/lptacek> asked if enterprise content management (ECM) could have prevented the hack <http://bigmenoncontent.com/2015/01/26/could-have-ecm-prevented-the-sony-hack/>. While his answer was not a definitive ‘Yes’, it did fall strongly on the side that it would have made a significant difference. http://bit.ly/1A7GFSe http://bit.ly/1A7GFSe+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]