<s>
Information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
IG	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
overall	O
strategy	O
for	O
information	O
at	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
balances	O
the	O
risk	O
that	O
information	O
presents	O
with	O
the	O
value	O
that	O
information	O
provides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
helps	O
with	O
legal	O
compliance	O
,	O
operational	O
transparency	O
,	O
and	O
reducing	O
expenditures	O
associated	O
with	O
legal	O
discovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
organization	O
can	O
establish	O
a	O
consistent	O
and	O
logical	O
framework	O
for	O
employees	O
to	O
handle	O
data	O
through	O
their	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
policies	O
and	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
encompasses	O
more	O
than	O
traditional	O
records	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
incorporates	O
information	O
security	O
and	O
protection	O
,	O
compliance	O
,	O
data	O
quality	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
,	O
electronic	O
discovery	O
,	O
risk	O
management	O
,	O
privacy	O
,	O
data	O
storage	O
and	O
archiving	O
,	O
knowledge	O
management	O
,	O
business	O
operations	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
audit	O
,	O
analytics	O
,	O
IT	O
management	O
,	O
master	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
,	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
,	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
data	O
science	O
,	O
and	O
finance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
platform	O
for	O
managing	O
records	O
and	O
information	O
became	O
necessary	O
to	O
address	O
all	O
phases	O
of	O
the	O
lifecycle	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Health	O
in	O
England	O
introduced	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
broad-based	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
into	O
the	O
National	O
Health	O
Service	O
,	O
publishing	O
version	O
1	O
of	O
an	O
online	O
performance	O
assessment	O
tool	O
with	O
supporting	O
guidance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professionally	O
,	O
in	O
this	O
context	O
2008	O
,	O
ARMA	O
International	O
introduced	O
the	O
Generally	O
Accepted	O
Recordkeeping	O
Principles®	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
The	O
Principles	O
"	O
and	O
in	O
2015	O
the	O
subsequent	O
"	O
The	O
Principles	O
"	O
Information	B-Protocol
Governance	I-Protocol
Maturity	O
Model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
Principles	O
"	O
identify	O
the	O
critical	O
hallmarks	O
of	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
goes	O
beyond	O
retention	O
and	O
disposition	O
to	O
include	O
privacy	O
,	O
access	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
compliance	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
coalition	O
of	O
organizations	O
known	O
as	O
Electronic	O
Discovery	O
Reference	O
Model	O
(	O
EDRM	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2005	O
to	O
address	O
issues	O
related	O
to	O
electronic	O
discovery	O
and	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
,	O
subsequently	O
developed	O
,	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
projects	O
,	O
a	O
resource	O
called	O
the	O
Information	B-Protocol
Governance	I-Protocol
Reference	O
Model	O
(	O
IGRM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
EDRM	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
ARMA	O
International	O
,	O
published	O
a	O
white	O
paper	O
that	O
describes	O
How	O
the	O
Information	B-Protocol
Governance	I-Protocol
Reference	O
Model	O
(	O
IGRM	O
)	O
Complements	O
ARMA	O
International	O
’s	O
Generally	O
Accepted	O
Recordkeeping	O
Principles	O
(	O
"	O
The	O
Principles	O
"	O
)	O
The	O
IGRM	O
illustrates	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
key	O
stakeholders	O
and	O
the	O
Information	O
Lifecycle	O
and	O
highlights	O
the	O
transparency	O
required	O
to	O
enable	O
effective	O
governance	O
IGRM	O
v3.0	O
Update	O
:	O
Privacy	O
&	O
Security	O
Officers	O
As	O
Stakeholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Compliance	O
,	O
Governance	O
and	O
Oversight	O
Council	O
(	O
CGOC	O
)	O
developed	O
the	O
Information	B-Protocol
Governance	I-Protocol
Process	O
Maturity	O
Model	O
,	O
or	O
(	O
IGPMM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
model	O
outlines	O
13	O
key	O
processes	O
in	O
electronic	O
discovery	O
(	O
e-discovery	O
)	O
and	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legal	O
,	O
IT	O
,	O
and	O
Compliance	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
departments	O
that	O
touch	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
the	O
most	O
,	O
though	O
certainly	O
other	O
departments	O
might	O
seek	O
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
enterprises	O
create	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
committees	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
all	O
necessary	O
constituents	O
are	O
represented	O
and	O
that	O
all	O
relevant	O
issues	O
are	O
addressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
chief	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
officer	O
(	O
CIGO	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
senior	O
executive	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
,	O
organization	O
or	O
government	O
entity	O
who	O
oversees	O
the	O
management	O
and	O
coordination	O
of	O
all	O
information	O
on	O
an	O
enterprise-wide	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
a	O
chief	O
marketing	O
officer	O
or	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
,	O
whose	O
roles	O
focus	O
on	O
narrower	O
areas	O
,	O
the	O
CIGO	O
is	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
implementing	O
,	O
facilitating	O
,	O
and	O
improving	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
strategies	O
across	O
all	O
facets	O
of	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
past	O
decades	O
,	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
responsibilities	O
might	O
have	O
fallen	O
under	O
the	O
purview	O
of	O
the	O
chief	O
information	O
officer	O
(	O
CIO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
today	O
's	O
age	O
of	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
organizations	O
have	O
more	O
information	O
under	O
their	O
control	O
than	O
ever	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
position	O
is	O
an	O
emerging	O
one	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
CIGO	O
continues	O
to	O
rise	O
as	O
business	O
leaders	O
increasingly	O
understand	O
the	O
implications	O
of	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
(	O
and	O
more	O
importantly	O
,	O
the	O
lack	O
thereof	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
many	O
organizations	O
have	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
projects	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
such	O
initiatives	O
are	O
much	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
succeed	O
with	O
top-down	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
retention	O
and	O
disposition	O
,	O
Records	O
Management	O
and	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Content	I-Application
Management	I-Application
applications	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
addresses	O
so	O
much	O
more	O
than	O
traditional	O
records	O
management	O
,	O
several	O
software	O
solutions	O
have	O
emerged	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
vast	O
array	O
of	O
issues	O
facing	O
records	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
