Under Control: Governance Across the Enterprise

11.3. Goals of Information Governance

Information is the life blood of any modern day business. Companies succeed or falter based on the reliability, availability, and security of their information. A great deal of organizational intellectual capital exists in the form of information assets. An organization's knowledge is stored in many different systems, such as email, document management applications, SharePoint portals, FTP sites, shared and personal drives, various databases, corporate intranets, and many more. According to the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG),^[] as much as 70% of corporate intellectual property is stored within or is accessible via email.^[] Primary research from WinterCorp's "Winter TopTen Program" shows a consistent trend ...