EDRM Publishes IGRM White Paper

Global News

22
Apr
2014

Editor

EDRM, the leading standards organization for the e-discovery market, today announced the release of a white paper, “Disposing of Digital Debris – Information Governance Strategy and Practice in Action.” The paper, authored by leaders of EDRM’s IGRM (Information Governance Reference Model) team in collaboration with the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council (CGOC), is available for download from the EDRM website.

The white paper was written to address growing concerns related to the amount and substance of electronic data currently created and stored. In 2012, the CGOC released survey results indicating that nearly 70 percent of organizational information has no legal or business value. Another survey, conducted at the 2013 CGOC Summit, revealed reluctance to the elimination of digital data for several reasons, including that organizations simply don’t know where to begin and that they are unable to demonstrate the negative cost and risk impact of keeping the unnecessary data. 

With the rising costs of IT infrastructure, including data storage and an ever-changing regulatory environment, organizations need a coherent information governance program that enables defensible disposition of data more than ever. “Disposing of Digital Debris” provides readers with the strategy and practice they need to achieve disposal of their unnecessary electronic information. Primary topics covered in the paper include:

1. The Problem – Defining and Identifying Digital Debris
2. The Strategy – Utilizing the IGRM Framework to Define and Design a Successful Information Governance Program
3. The Practice – Implementing the Strategy with Success

The white paper is available free of charge and can be downloaded at EDRM.net and CGOC.com.