I recently attended a Women in Technology (WIT) event entitled Managing Information, Mitigating Risk–An Enterprise Approach.  This event featured a panel discussion about information management and legal issues.  The watchword was “e-discovery” – the discovery of electronic information to be used in court.  

The panel discussed the importance of implementing company-wide policies for information management and encouraging businesses to create protocols to ensure that electronically stored information is easy to find.  This way, the company can feel confident that they are prepared to gather and distribute all the information that courts require in compliance audits or litigation cases. 

Though they can be expensive to set up, proper information management practices are extremely beneficial to companies, especially their legal, IT, management, and accounting departments.  Companies can save themselves time and money in the long-run (and stress!) with a well-implemented information management policy.  Make sure your company has one in place!

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