Kahn Consulting has recently released the results of a landmark study on the relationships between governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), electronic discovery, and records and information management (RIM).
Big surprise: Most employees have little understanding of their GRC, RIM, E-Discovery responsibilities.
Less than one quarter of organizations surveyed believe that their employees understand their GRC, RIM and E-Discovery responsibilities and how to fulfill them. Only 9% of employees have a good understanding of how GRC impacts them; only 15% understand their Legal Hold and E-Discovery responsibilities; and only 21% understand how information should be retained and disposed of. Although 67% of those surveyed state that employee training is “critical to their success,” the low confidence in employee awareness indicates that most organizations have more GRC, RIM, and E-Discovery training to do.
You’ll find the complete report here
Filed under Governance, Risk & Compliance, Home Page Latest, Library, Studies & Reference, Technology Counsel.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:12 am
[...] In the U.S. and Europe one of the big combinations covering this area is the eDiscovery Solutions Group, a major player in the GRC market, and Trilantic, a leading European-based e-discovery company. See their recent press release here. Another significant player is Fios Inc. [...]