@Risk

We live in a digital world, and these days, electronic information is fundamental to the operations of virtually every organization. Unfortunately, though, all of these information systems, applications, and functional elements introduce a certain amount of risk into the business environment. For example, what happens at your company if a critical email gets deleted …or worse, if whole files are lost in a system crash? Are you prepared for technical failures and other factors that can prevent access to important information?

The first step in planning strategies to mitigate information risk is to identify and evaluate the threats your company faces. To help get you started, I recommend a great post from earlier in the week over at Digital Landfill .  In “8 Things You Need to Know about Information Risk,” George Parapadakis, a veteran of the document/content management and process/workflow industry, provides insight into what he considers the eight most critical information risks, namely:

• non-capture
• loss
• malice
• attribution
• unauthorized access
• unavailability
• findability
• inaccessibility

Once you have recognized and assessed these various threats, you’ll be able to start implementing strategies to mitigate the risks associated with the critical digital information that your company uses–and stores — every day.