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Handing over data in the bankruptcy of cloud providers
Cloud services are based on the fact that IT infrastructures, such as computing or network capacities, data storage or also software are made available directly via a network, in particular the Internet, and these can be obtained by a user as required. As a result,...
Book excerpt IG 2021 (5): IG also applies to SMEs – The GLAS model as a guide
We repeatedly hear the objection from various sides that information governance is only relevant for medium to large organizations. For managers and people without prior knowledge, the introduction: Information Governance for KLV (children, laymen and board...
Do companies need a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO)? (3) – IG in organizational change. Digitization needs information governance
"Information technology strategy plans in the absence of business policies are symptoms of policy-making avoidance by top executive management." (Paul Strassmann, Governance of Information Management. The Concept of an Information Constitution, 2004, p.16) ...
Increased information risks due to shadow IT in the home office
Shadow IT leads to unquantifiable risks According to a Microsoft estimate, larger organizations use more than 100 IT-managed apps on average and at least 900 other apps that are outside of IT's control. The content stored in these shadow IT services can vary widely,...
Original or non-original? What the Hitler diaries have in common with scanned documents
Although digitization is rightly advancing in leaps and bounds, there are still good reasons to know about the quality and evidential value of handwritten documents. Erich Kupferschmid of the Forensic Institute Zurich has commented in detail on this topic in the new...
Study: Enterprise Content Management / Document Management Services – The Swiss Market to 2020
The MSM market study on the ECM/DMS market for Switzerland was presented at Zurich Airport on March 5, 2019. The KRM accompanied the study as a knowledge partner and actively supported the study authors. These are the key findings from the study: In 2018, the Swiss...
Why unsigned PDF invoices should be treated as SPAM.
Data that gives the appearance of a "legitimate" document is particularly suitable for distributing a Trojan and creating a base for a successful ransomware attack. While traditionally it was mainly application data that was sent, the fraud mafia is increasingly...
Information Governance Article in Swiss IT Magazine
Bruno Wildhaber published an article on information governance in the Swiss IT Magazine July/August 2019. Title: The data silos must go "A recent study shows: Digitization starts in the mind, technical systems are only a means to an end. The key is to consistently...
Book extract IG 2021 (3): Testing and certification of AI supported products and systems.
Context and case study AI is making inroads and is also keeping us busy. For several years now, krm has also been using semantic technologies for data cleansing with the MATRIO Method®, which would be inconceivable without the use of AI mechanisms. We have addressed...
Share in the success of krm swiss
Since 2004, krm swiss has become the most important and most listened to authority in the areas of information governance and data compliance in Switzerland. We now cover a wide range of topics from this domain and are therefore looking for new blood. If you would...
Book excerpt IG 2021 (1): Overcoming data anarchy – information governance
2.1.4 Data anarchy? Bruno Wildhaber If you follow the discussion about data and its development over the last few years, you inevitably come up against five focal points, namely data protection aspects, security issues, digitization, AI (artificial intelligence) and...
Cloud Yes or No? Decision-making aids for management and the board of directors
The cloud offers a universe of technologies and thus new opportunities and risks. In no topic does the core concern of information governance manifest itself more: it is about topic networking. Faced with the supposedly simple question of what data one is allowed to...
Digitization in public administration – Does EMBAG also bring progress with regard to the use of digital media? Business Administration (GEVER)?
On March 17, 2023, Parliament approved the somewhat unwieldy-sounding "Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means for the Performance of Official Duties" (EMBAG) by a large majority in the final vote. It is hoped that this law will drive awareness of...
Data processing = waste of energy?!
The impact of data overload on carbon footprint and other, data-related ESG issues.
krm shares to be held in a regulated Swiss finance blockchain
The Swiss Information Governance Competence Centre (krm) will be one of the first CH companies to fully digitize its shares as part of its conversion into a public limited company (AG). The krm will hold its shares on the digital share platform daura...
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