Records management in Australia is a well-established field with a strong focus on compliance and accountability. In this interview with Conni Christensen from synercon.co we want to discuss the current state and future trends in records management. Conni Christensen...
Basics/Foundations
On 16.3. is Digital Cleanup Day
Tidying up is clearly not everyone's cup of tea, but we all know the good feeling that a tidy room, a tidy desk or ... a tidy drive! You can feel proud with a clear conscience, because deleting data also has an important effect on energy consumption. I have calculated...
Tidy up instead of buying on the spur of the moment
Update: Interview from Netzwoche by Daniel Burgwinkel & Bruno Wildhaber In Computerworld 8 of May 22, 2015 , Bruno Wildhaber looks at the basics of information governance and shows what a refrigerator has to do with your data management.
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...
Book extract 2021 (7): Linking data – using semantic technologies
Do you know the fallacy of disconnected data? It goes something like this: (chap. 6.3 Data management) "Most organizations are full to bursting with databases specifically designed to support one application or another. There is also data in...
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) ...
The Digital ID is a public service — and the federal government still doesn’t get it
Update: On 22.2. the federal government has published the draft of a "Federal Law on Recognized Electronic Identification Units (E-ID Law)", in which the same old mistakes are made: Private industry is supposed to fix it. One can only shake one's head! Full-bodied...
Consultation response to the federal eID law
The krm has drafted a consultation on the draft of the eID law. We are happy to provide these for free use. Attention: Deadline for submission of own statement is 20.10.22 Download Here are the most important facts in brief: ...
DLT consultation (“Blockchain Law”)
The Federal Council has published the results of the consultation on the "Federal Act on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in the Technology of Distributed Electronic Registers". Conclusion: A barrel full of contradictions without a clear concept, no...
The WG Fridge Blog Season 1 Episode 3: Maria makes a time jump
Maria Locker stands in the courtroom and lets her gaze roam over those present. She sees the judges, whose displayed indifference makes her shiver. For them and their company, it's a matter of bare existence right now. She tries to follow the arguments that her lawyer...
Information governance explained simply and understandably
Data is like water – information governance education video
Do companies need a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO)? (2) – Organizational change is needed!
"Perhaps the greatest organizational challenge on the road to unified information governance is that no one department alone can achieve the intended goals and benefits." (Harry Pugh, Destroying Data: Why It's So Difficult, in Information Systems & Management, No....
Science magazine SRF2 on the subject of AI in archives
Article in the science magazine of Swiss Radio SRF 2 from 1.12.19 with Bruno Wildhaber on the topic: Use of AI for legal research and in archives. Post from 16:00, respectively 21:25 To the...
IT vs. information governance?
What distinguishes IT and information governance and what are your due diligence obligations in the context of IG? Download a sample of the Information Governance Guide:
E-mail archiving: obligation or freestyle? (part 3)
E-mail archiving: obligation or freestyle? Part Three: Was Hillary Clinton not elected president because of the email affair? Everyone rubs their eyes in amazement. Donald Trump was elected and becomes the 45th president of the United States. It was a democratic...
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