Put to the test

ARMA International is pleased to announce the official launch of the Information Governance (IG) Assessment, a software platform organizations can use to identify information-related compliance risks across the enterprise, drive improvements and develop metrics for measuring IG program maturity.

“This is the most unbiased tool your organization can use to measure its risks and vulnerabilities related to mishandling corporate information assets,” says Marilyn Bier, ARMA International CEO. “What’s unique about this platform is that it provides an ongoing system for producing reports and metrics that allow the organization to assess how well employees understand and abide by IG policies and procedures, as well as how effective they are.”

Based on the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP) and the IG Maturity Model, which features concepts that are widely acknowledged as critical to assessing information risk, the IG Assessment addresses:

• IG requirements included in FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank and COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations);
• IG roles and responsibilities;
• Aligning IT with IG;
• Auditing records and information integrity;
• Information security;
• Third-party IG risks;
• Guarding against improper information disclosure;
• Disaster recovery of electronic records;
• IG compliance risk;
• Litigation holds and e-discovery; and
• Sufficiency of training and documentation as they pertain to IG.

For more information about the assessment, please visit www.arma.org/assessment.

ARMA International, Overland Park, Kan., is a nonprofit professional association and an authority on information management and governance. More information is available at www.arma.org.