Paragon Solutions Blog Rationalizing the Convergence of Records Information Management and Archiving Strategies

Many Records Management practitioners have seen an expansion of their responsibilities from organizational control and governance of physical records to now include the governance of all of their company's information, data and records whether electronic or in physical form and whether under an author's control or the organization's control as a declared record. This shift is defined in greater detail in a blog I posted some time ago entitled, "Creating an Information Governance Strategy ..." and may require bringing together multiple strategies to fully address the governance and management of enterprise information as the challenges continue to grow in number and risk posture. A quick look at Information Governance news articles highlights risks and losses from cybersecurity attacks as well as the potential for fines as a result of non-compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation that goes into effect in May of this year.