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Internationally recognized governance standards

All content must be properly preserved, protected, and retained to some degree. Information governance solutions help organizations manage compliance and risk for content.

Content organization and classification efficiency

Complex business processes invariably require handling of content. Intelligent, automated governance systems can ensure predictable classification, application of policy security, and oversight.

Client, customer, and employee privacy

Information privacy has become a prime objective in the planning and delivery of IT systems and business processes. Protect the organization with governance solutions that help to identify risk.

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  • Ensure content is ready for generative AI transformation

    Properly classify, label, protect, preserve, and secure content to ensure compliance and the veracity of content as it enhanced with generative AI access.

  • Control content sprawl

    Organize content across various collaboration and communication platforms to support safe and compliant hybrid work.

  • Enforce information security

    Secure information according to a range of regulatory and business factors while enforcing active policy and process-driven information protection.

  • Intelligently classify large content volumes

    Deploy intelligent automation and standardized policy rules to classify content, identify privacy risks and out of place items and route them to secure content services.

  • Tackle content risk

    Monitor data sources for potentially inappropriate, adverse content or sensitive data that needs attention and take action for proactive risk mitigation.

  • Prepare for a move to the cloud

    Classify legacy content and optimize cloud migration approaches to maintain user productivity while respecting regulatory compliance.

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Unlock the value of information governance

OpenText provides the most highly respected information governance solutions implemented across the world in highly regulated industries, governmental agencies, and organizations that understand the full value of well-managed information.

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The evolution of knowledge work demands automated intelligence and well-governed content. While intelligent content management and generative AI are streamlining processes and fueling productivity, they’re also adding complexity. Trustworthy, predictable, and secure content has never been more important.

OpenText™ information governance solutions offer intelligent, policy-driven automation and integration that help organizations protect information to stay compliant, secure, and productive.

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  • Information governance defines how organizations control, secure, and manage information across its lifecycle. For a chief risk officer, it’s the foundation for defensible compliance and digital trust. Strong governance ensures every record is classified, retained, and auditable under clear policy. It reduces exposure to regulatory fines, data breaches, and reputational harm by uniting compliance, privacy, and security under one consistent framework.

  • Information governance software enforces consistent retention, security, and privacy policies across all repositories. It automates compliance with evolving regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX while maintaining complete audit trails for every action. Legal holds and defensible deletion processes ensure information integrity and traceability during audits, litigation, or eDiscovery. These capabilities help organizations prove compliance, pass audits confidently, and maintain accountability across global operations. When supported by intelligent content management, these governance controls can be embedded directly into business workflows, helping organizations prove compliance, pass audits confidently, and maintain accountability across global operations.

  • Enterprise-grade information governance solutions should deliver unified policy enforcement, zero trust access controls, and automation for retention and classification. They should integrate seamlessly with core systems like SAP, Microsoft, and Salesforce while providing full auditability and scalability across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Metadata-driven insights and workflow automation allow compliance teams to reduce manual oversight, strengthen data integrity, and respond faster to emerging risks or regulatory changes.

  • AI presents both opportunity and risk. Without strong governance, AI systems can expose sensitive data or make untraceable decisions. Integrated with information governance software, AI can instead enhance compliance by automatically classifying data, detecting anomalies, and accelerating risk assessments. OpenText solutions support AI explainability and transparency so enterprises can harness AI safely and ensure that every AI-generated action remains governed, compliant, and auditable.

  • Zero trust security and information governance work best together. Governance defines the rules for how information is created, accessed, and retained, while zero trust continuously verifies identity and context before granting access. Together they prevent data leakage, ensure policy consistency, and secure sensitive content wherever it lives. Implementing zero trust information governance reduces the risk of insider threats and cyberattacks while maintaining a defensible compliance posture.

  • OpenText delivers information governance software trusted by the world’s most regulated organizations. Our solutions combine decades of compliance expertise with innovations in AI, automation, and zero trust security, all delivered through the Content Cloud platform. OpenText provides centralized control, complete auditability, and scalable governance across hybrid and cloud environments. With OpenText, chief risk officers can reduce exposure, build resilience, and safeguard the integrity and reputation of their enterprise.

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