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IG snapshots: Real-World Insights from Practitioners in the Trenches
Research shows 74% of firms are reporting a need to increase in their focus on managing regulatory risk over the next 12 months.1
Information governance and risk management leaders are drowning in data that must be captured, classified, securely archived and disposed of to avoid regulatory and legal risks. A difficult task—especially amid mounting and ever-changing information regulations, security threats and rising data privacy concerns.
So, how are organizations managing the information onslaught and regulatory risk? And, what insights can enterprises gain from organizations that are winning in risk management and data governance?
Get the Information Governance Initiative special reportIG Snapshots: Real-World Insights from Practitioners in the Trenches
Real-world success stories are one of the best sources of tried-and-true data governance and document management insights. Information Governance Initiative (IGI) Snapshots deliver this with quick stories that highlight innovative solutions for information governance success based on IGI’s extensive research and interviews with practitioners in the field. Here’s a snapshot of each unique story, across industries and practitioners:
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Data privacy
Learn how a pharmaceutical attorney used information governance methods, such as file analysis and remediation, to manage GDPR compliance and improve risk management.
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Information governance in the cloud
Discover how an information governance leader for a global consulting firm used innovative approaches in document management and records management to govern the firm’s intellectual property.
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Data governance and content analytics
See how one organization used content analytics automation and machine learning to rapidly decipher massive volumes of M&A documents.
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Extracting value from information
Learn how a construction company project manager turned the rapid governance of unstructured information into a competitive advantage by ensuring construction projects were completed on time and on budget. .
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Integrated governance
See how a global healthcare senior attorney implemented a holistic information governance program to address information security, data privacy, records retention and value requirements, strengthening risk management and reducing costs.

The race toward information governance is intensifying—keep up
- 7 projects, averaging $750,000 USD is the average number and cost of information governance initiatives for large enterprises.2
- 90% decrease in the number of survey respondents that reported they had never undertaken an information governance initiative.3
- 43% of surveyed enterprises expect the size of their compliance teams to grow.4
Get proven information governance best practices for today’s real-world challenges
More than 16 million USD is the cost of GDPR non-compliance.5 The average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million USD.6 No enterprise can afford these potential consequences of information mismanagement. Why risk it? Protect and harness data with effective governance.
Get the IG Snapshots special report: Real-World Insights from Practitioners in the Trenches

- 1 Thomson Reuters, "Cost of Compliance 2018 Report: Your biggest challenges revealed."
- 2 Information Governance Initiative, “IG Snapshots: What We Learned by Looking at Five Organizations’ Information Governance Programs", 2018.
- 3 Information Governance Initiative, "Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III," April 2018.
- 4 Thomson Reuters, "Cost of Compliance 2018 Report: Your biggest challenges revealed."
- 5 IDG CSO, "GDPR fines: How much will non-compliance cost you?"
- 6 Ponemon Institute, “2018 Cost of a Data Breach,” sponsored by IBM.