Governance and Compliance in 2017

The emphasis on data security, and the risk of data loss have all become sharpened focal points for businesses. Regulations are getting stricter, demanding greater need to adhere to regulatory, legal, and industry operating guidelines to secure and protect corporate and customer information. This requires businesses to implement more focused and stricter information governance (IG) policies, practices, and enforcement efforts.

This study explores how organizations are addressing their governance and compliance challenges by looking at:

• The business case for a governance and compliance framework for security, privacy, and protection
• Automating governance and compliance components (Metadata, Security, etc.)
Identifying the locations of greatest risk for breaches – internally and across the firewall Collection, retention, management, and defensible destruction of information
• A look ahead at the next five years to understand where businesses are focusing their efforts and funding