Detailed description Protect your business by developing a successful compliance program
The late-2008 failures on Wall Street are a wake-up call for companies to create a culture of Information Management Compliance (IMC). This fully updated edition of Information Nation demonstrates how you can succeed in this new environment by incorporating an IMC philosophy into your corporate governance structure. Two information management experts share their proven methodology that adopts the principles, controls, and discipline upon which many corporate compliance programs are built. You can apply this methodology to develop and implement IMC programs that anticipate problems and take advantage of opportunities.
Packed with practical insight and real-world examples, this book gives you the tools to: * Evaluate, design, or improve your current information management practices * Develop good policies and procedures that lay the foundation of Information Management Compliance * Create a culture of information management awareness * Follow the proper delegation of program roles and components * Utilize the essential elements of information management communication and training * Measure program compliance using auditing and monitoring * Achieve effective and consistent program enforcement * Look for ways to continually improve the program
From the contents Introduction.
I Laying the Foundations of Information Management Compliance.
1 Why Information Management Matters.
2 Building the Foundation: Defining Records.
3 An Overview of Records Management.
4 Information Management Compliance (IMC).
5 Achieving IMC: Introduction to the Seven Keys.
6 Sarbanes-Oxley and IMC.
II Seven Keys to Information Management Compliance.
Key #1 Good Policies and Procedures.
7 The Purpose of Policies and Procedures.
8 Making Good Policies and Procedures.
9 Information Management Policy Issues.
Key #2 Executive-Level Program Responsibility.
10 Executive Leadership, Sine Qua Non.
11 What Executive Responsibility Means.
12 IT Leadership.
Key #3 Proper Delegation of Program Roles and Components.
13 Create an Organizational Structure to Support IMC.
14 A Sample Information Management Organizational Structure.
Key #4 Program Communication and Training.
15 Essential Elements of Information Management Communication and Training.
Key #5 Auditing and Monitoring to Measure Program Compliance.
16 Use Auditing and Monitoring to Measure IMC.
Key #6 Effective and Consistent Program Enforcement.
