Course: Information Governance

Due Date – 2 days

Chapter 11 – Information Governance and Privacy and Security Functions

Chapter 11 – According to the authors, privacy and security go hand in hand; and hence, privacy cannot be protected without implementing proper security controls and technologies. Today, organizations must make not only reasonable efforts to offer protection of privacy of data, but also must go much further as privacy breaches are damaging to its customers, reputation, and potentially could put the company out of business.  As we continue learning from our various professional areas of practice, its no doubt that breaches have become an increasing concern to many businesses and their future operations.  Taking Cyberattacks proliferation of 2011 into context, security experts at Intel/McAfee discovered huge series of cyberattacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations.

Q1: From this research revelation in our chapter 11, briefly state, name and discuss the countries and organizations identified as the targeted victims and why they arr targeted. What are your suggestions for improved privacy and security readiness? 1-2 Pages in APA format.

Chapter 12 – Information Governance for E-Mail and Instant Messaging

Chapter 12 – From the chapter reading, we learned that e-mail is a major area of focus for information governance (IG) efforts, and has become the most common business software application and the backbone of business communications today.  In addition, the authors provided details to support their position by providing 2013 survey results from 2,400 corporate e-mail users from a global perspective.  The results indicated that two-thirds of the respondents stated that e-mail was their favorite form of business communication which surpassed not only social media but also telephone and in-person contact.  

Q2: With this detail in mind, briefly state  and discuss why the e-Mail has become a critical component for IG implementation? 1-2 pages in APA format.

Books and Resources 

Required Text

Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies and Best Practices; 1st Edition; Robert F. Smallwood; Copyright © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey (ISBN 978-1-118-21830-3)

“APA Format” 

“NO PLAGIARISM” 

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