FierceCIOFierceCIOTechWatchFierceMobileITFierceContentManagement   FierceVoIPFierceHealthITFierceFinanceIT

Lawyers are a fact of life for CIOs

The recent rash of legislation governing data retention, electronic discovery, privacy, data use and abuse has created a goldmine for lawyers well-versed in IT issues. More than ever before, CIOs must interact with attorneys just to protect themselves and their companies. It's not always a pleasant experience, but it's a fact of corporate life today. There are ways to reduce your exposure to lawyers, though. One option is to outsource the management of data and compliance to an outside service provider and another is to cue up new types of software to classify data at creation, apply policies to it and to enforce it--all in one fell swoop. Yet another is to employ an internal search technology to help companies locate difficult-to-find data.

Learn more about how to avoid lawyers:
- read the column at ComputerWorld

More stories about Outsourcing   IT Best Practices   Data Management/Storage   legislation   outsource   Compliance   service provider   data retention   search technology   help companies   electronic discovery  

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

More information about formatting options

What is 71 + 25?
To combat spam, please solve the math question above.