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Please browse these online articles by IGS CEO John Isaza for an up-to-date education on Information Governance topics.

Getting Rid of the ROT: A Q&A on Data Disposition With John Isaza

Almost all the data in your possession is ROT. That’s “redundant, outdated, or trivial,” data that rarely serves a purpose. According to some estimates, 70 percent or more of stored data is ROT. Yet many organizations hold on to useless data for extremely long periods, at significant cost—often because it can be difficult to tell […]
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E-mail mismanagement and its legal repercussions in the United States

Learn the legal ramifications of poor e-mail management in the United States with this article published in Information Management magazine. In the United States, could a person really go to jail for destruction of e-mails? Are there any cybersecurity repercussions for comingling personal and work e-mail accounts? How can organizations find out if an executive […]
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Defensible Disposition of Structured Data Part 1

Part 1. This article series is intended to generate awareness, discussion and hopefully some action within the Records Management / Information Governance profession to defensibly dispose of redundant and obsolete structured data. Structured data is commonly defined as data that resides within fixed fields such as relational databases, as opposed to unstructured data which is […]
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Defensible Disposition of Structured Data Part 2

Part 2. To begin with, there is no “Easy Button” for the time consuming, labor-intensive categorization of information in structured data systems. This is because structured data presents the following challenges: A disproportionately large percentage of “Dark Data” and “Big Data” is contained within structured data. For instance, one global client of ours deployed SAP […]
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RIM likely to lead strategy as privacy compliance becomes a priority

Records and information management professionals should expect to play a big role as businesses increasingly make privacy compliance a priority.
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Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Second Edition

This resource is a great toolkit for advising clients in the electronic environment. The book contains a 10 list of statutes, relevant cases
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Rimon’s John Isaza Explains Information Governance and Defensible Disposition on Legal Talk Network Podcast

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviewed John Isaza, a pioneer in information governance and records management, at the LegalTech West Coast Trade Show.
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John Isaza Extensively Quoted in the ABA Journal Regarding the Legal Need to Dump Useless Data

The American Bar Association Journal extensively quotes Rimon Partner John Isaza on the legal need for law firms to set an up-to-date records retention schedule. That schedule needs to:
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Rimon’s John Isaza in the Wall Street Journal on New Requirements for Companies Engaging in Swaps

Rimon PC partner John Isaza alerted businesses of the brewing dangers for a host of unsuspecting industries in the Dodd-Frank Law. Mr. Isaza was quoted in the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal noting that companies engaged in swaps might have to record every phone call, instant message and voicemail relevant to the deals.
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