News & Analysis – Information Management

Information Governance Body of Knowledge Published

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Information Governance, News & Analysis.

Published on Oct. 22, the Information Governance Body of Knowledge (IGBOK) provides information governance (IG) stakeholders – information management, information technology, legal, risk/compliance, privacy, security, and business unit heads – the...

Association News: Fellows, Britt Literary, Other Winners Named at ARMA Live! 2018

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Chapter Resources, Leadership & Management Skills, News & Analysis.

The following award winners for the last fiscal year (July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018) were announced at ARMA International’s 63rd Annual Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California, in mid-October. Company of Fellows ARMA International’s highest...

U.S. Seeks a New Start to Talks on Global Cybersecurity Practices

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Asia, Europe, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, North America.

Cyberscoop.com reports that at the recent United Nations (U.N.) session, White House officials gauged interest in restarting talks on global cybersecurity norms. Such negotiations crumbled in 2017 because of acrimony among certain countries, reportedly...

Proposed NAFTA Replacement Recognizes Need For Privacy Framework

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Legal, News & Analysis, Privacy.

Recently the United States, Mexico, and Canada proposed a new trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). According to the HuntonPrivacyBlog, the new pact recognizes “the economic and social benefits of protecting the personal...

Wendy’s Sued for Mismanagement of Employee Fingerprints

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, Privacy.

As reported by ZDNet.com, a class-action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois that claims Wendy’s restaurant chain has broken state laws by improperly storing and managing employee fingerprints. The complaint centers on Wendy’s practice of using...

California Consumer Privacy Act Is Work in Progress, Says Attorney

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in News & Analysis, North America, Privacy.

In a recent piece on Information-Management.com, Matthew Nelson, an attorney with DiscoverReady LLC, says the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is constantly evolving, evidenced by the September passing of Senate Bill 1121, which serves...

Report Says Healthcare Insiders Pose Greatest Data Security Threat

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Healthcare, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

A Verizon report suggests that nearly 60% of data security incidents at healthcare organizations are caused by insiders, according to an article on Law.com. The “Protected Health Information Data Breach Report” implies that healthcare is the only...

Norway Plans 1,000-Year Digital Archive for Everything

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Archiving, News & Analysis.

ZDNet.com reports that near the Arctic Circle, experts at the National Library of Norway’s (NLN) secure storage facility are implementing an astonishing plan for digitizing everything ever published in Norway: books, newspapers, manuscripts, posters,...

Canadian Government Is Improving its Cybersecurity

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, North America.

Eweek.com reports that the government of Canada is taking an active, aggressive strategy to defends its networks from cyber attacks. In October, Scott Jones, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security at the Canadian Security Establishment...

Facebook Says Breach Affected About 50 Million Accounts

Written by ARMA International on December 5, 2018. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis.

As widely reported, the mid-September Facebook data breach may have affected nearly 50 million accounts. Bloomberg.com refers to it as “the latest in a series of missteps that are undermining confidence in the company’s social network and business...