Records Management and eDiscovery

I just stumbled upon a very informative article making the case for creating a records management program for your business that utilizes one of GRM's most-used technologies, eDiscovery. The article, which was published in Computer Technology Review makes the case that having a comprehensive archive of all your companies digital work transactions is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to protect yourself from legal disaster. According to the article:

"E-mail should be considered as the first candidate when it comes to managing information risk. It is subpoenaed in 75 percent of e-discovery cases. The key to managing risk is to ensure that the appropriate teams--IT and legal departments (at a minimum)--work together to establish records retention policies that reflect the business’s regulatory obligations, business continuity needs and litigation risks and its IT infrastructure."

There's a link at the top of this post to the entire piece.