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New Cohasset/ARMA Benchmarking Report Says ‘We Aren’t There Yet’

Written by ARMA International on September 25, 2019. Posted in Information Governance, Metrics, Review.

ARMA International and Cohasset Associates are excited to announce the 2019 Information Governance Benchmarking Report. In 1999, Cohasset Associates launched the survey, which has tracked the evolution of the information profession over the past two...

Eisen’s Book on Rule-Writing Delivers on its ‘How-To’ Promises

Written by Jeff Whited on September 17, 2019. Posted in Communications, Leadership & Management Skills, Review.

Usually I pick up a how-to book only if it’s in the way of a book I want to read, but Lewis S. Eisen’s How to Write Rules That People Want to Follow (Pixley Press) conquered my bias rather quickly. Here are four reasons I’d recommend the book to anyone...

Will Google Play Fair in the ‘Privacy Sandbox?’

Written by Jeff Whited on September 6, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Compliance, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, Privacy, Search.

On August 22, Justin Schuh, a director on Google’s Chrome Engineering team, introduced the company’s plans for a “privacy sandbox,” a colorful title for its initiative that purports to strengthen web privacy. The news appeared on Google’s blog in...

Can Information Management Policies Be Both Clear and Concise?

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on August 13, 2019. Posted in Communications, Featured, Leadership & Management Skills, Process Management.

Most information management (IM) professionals would agree that well-written policies are clear and concise. Too often, though, the policies are “dumbed down” because someone is afraid that maybe, somewhere, some individual in the organization...

Managing Legacy Paper Files in the Digital Era

Written by ARMA International on August 8, 2019. Posted in Capture, Data Storage, Digital Preservation, Imaging, Physical Records Management, Scanning.

Addressing your organization’s legacy paper files and capturing them in your digital information ecosystem may feel like a daunting task. As discussed in our recent white paper, capture is the first step in the information lifecycle and is essential...

Sorting Through the Whirlwind of News on the Proposed Equifax Settlement and Capital One Breach

Written by ARMA International on August 2, 2019. Posted in Cloud, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

On July 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a proposed settlement with Equifax in connection with a 2017 data breach that exposed sensitive, personal data of around 147 million people. According to the FTC’s...

Concerns Over FaceApp Remind Us That Users May Not Fathom the Permissions They Grant Apps

Written by ARMA International on July 19, 2019. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, News & Analysis, Privacy.

Geoffrey A. Fowler, tech columnist for the Washington Post, opens his July 17 article with a question that’s pertinent to millions of app users: “When an app goes viral, how can you know whether it’s all good fun — or covertly violating your privacy...

A Pair of Foundational Concepts

Written by Nick Inglis on June 25, 2019. Posted in Content, Content Management, Content Strategy, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Information, Information Governance, Information Management, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy.

The following is an excerpt from the ARMA Guide to the Information Profession. Words matter and word choices matter. In any profession that is looking to move forward in maturity, there are often vernacular issues that make gaining a comprehensive...