Law firm information management leaders to expand on information
governance framework and deliver practical industry guidelines for
building programs
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 13, 2013--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information
management services company, is hosting its second annual Law Firm
Information Governance Symposium from March 13-15 in Chicago, once again
bringing together some of the leading information management thought
leaders in the legal industry.
Over the three-day symposium, information management professionals will
lead a series of workgroups examining best practices for tackling
information governance in law firms. These professionals include the
event’s steering committee members:
Brianne Aul
from Reed Smith LLP;
Bryn Bowen
from Greenheart Consulting Partners LLC;
Leigh Isaacs
from
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Rudy Moliere from Morgan Lewis &
Bockius LLP; and
Charlene Wacenske
from Morrison & Foerster LLP. Then
later this spring, Iron Mountain will publish their recommendations and
invite reaction from the larger legal community. The 2013 report will
build on “A
Proposed Law Firm Information Governance Framework,” authored by
last year’s symposium participants.
“In the year since the last symposium, we’ve seen an increase in the
number of firms looking for guidance putting governance to work, as
their clients want to know their outside counsel has protocols and
processes in place to safeguard and manage access to their information,”
said
Carolyn
Casey
, Esq., senior manager, legal
vertical for Iron Mountain. “The symposium participants have done
amazing work to lead their industry and help establish common principles
and best practices for information governance. Still, there’s a
collective sentiment among this group that their work is far from
finished, and an eagerness to build upon the platform established by
last year’s symposium and report.”
The stakes for information governance remain high, as law firms evolve
to address increasing security challenges, greater mobility of lawyers
and clients, and growing pressure to make firms more cost efficient and
competitive. In response to this, the symposium workgroups will focus on
the “how to’s” of information governance while incorporating emerging
trends facing information managers at law firms:
-
Information Governance “Start-up” – Building an information governance
advisory board comprised of leaders representing multiple functions
across the firm;
-
Designing Key Processes – How to apply information governance to key
law firm processes, including information retention/disposition,
matter lifecycle management, and information technology systems
administration;
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Securing Information – Guidelines and templates for assessing and
managing information security risks;
-
Emerging Trends in Information Governance – Discussion and guidance on
managing “Big Data” and massive volumes of information, new predictive
coding applications for classifying information, and how firms are
responding to the 24/7 information demands of mobile attorneys and
clients.
For more information on Iron Mountain’s services for law firms, visit www.ironmountain.com/Solutions/Law-Firms.
About Iron Mountain Incorporated
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of storage
and information management services. The company’s real estate network
of 64 million square feet across nearly 1,000 facilities in 32 countries
allows it to serve customers around the world with speed and accuracy.
And its solutions for records
management, data
backup and recovery, document
management, and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information for
business advantage. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects
billions of information assets, including business documents, backup
tapes, electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
Source: Iron Mountain Incorporated
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