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Tag: governance
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The GDPR and Plain Language: What You Need to Do to Comply
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in May 2018, any organization doing business with EU citizens will be impacted. The regulation sets out a number of requirements which businesses must fulfill in order to comply, including transparency in all in customer communications.
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Gimmal Workplace Compliance Prepares for GDPR
With the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) scheduled to come into force next May, information management vendor Gimmal is upgrading its flagship solution, Workplace Compliance, to help businesses stay on the right side of the new regulations. As part of the upgrade, Houston-based Gimmal’s Workplace Compliance app now includes
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Pegasystems Builds AI Transparency Into Customer Decision Hub Pre-GDPR
Artificial intelligence (AI) discussions rarely veer into topics of regulatory or governance issues, instead focusing on the promised wonders and potential it holds. But with its latest release, Cambridge, Mass.-based Pegasystems opened up that conversation.
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5 Levers of Digital Workplace Governance
Picture a busy traffic intersection. In theory, if everyone is a skilled driver and considers others, there's no need for road markings, lights, signs or traffic police. But in practice you need all of these. Last month I argued governance is still necessary for a digital workplace, but
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Governance Still Matters in a Digital Workplace
“Without rules, ping-pong is just sophisticated wafting” — Thom Tuck Martyn Perks recently wrote, “Goodbye Governance, We Don't Need You Any More.” I’m grateful to Perks for challenging the need for governance in digital workplaces.
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How to Collaborate With External Stakeholders While Remaining Compliant
Whenever organizations bring external partners into their business processes, it raises security questions. How will those partners impact your company’s governance, risk and compliance policies? It’s one thing to enable a business partner or consultant to deliver a core piece of your workflow, since your customers will hold you
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Governance Propels the Digital Workplace Forward
Martyn Perks recently wrote about how governance gets in the way of the digital workplace. He makes a good argument for changing the default environment, but his solution is an overcorrection. It's the equivalent of burning down the forest because a few trees fell across the road.
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Losing Sleep Over Your Lack of a Digital Policy? You Should Be
McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc once said, “If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” In a way, he was right. You can’t succeed in business without taking risks, but that doesn’t mean ignoring the existence of risk.
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Crownpeak Acquires Evidon to Boost Digital Quality Management
Crownpeak acquired digital governance solution provider Evidon yesterday, adding consent and monitoring solutions to help companies comply with privacy laws. For digital experience management solution provider Crownpeak, it's just the latest addition to its Digital Quality Management (DQM) solution. The acquisition of New York City-based Evidon builds on Crownpeak's April 2016 acquisition of DQM provider ActiveStandards.
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How SharePoint Communication Sites Impact Governance
Microsoft recently released SharePoint communication sites for Office 365 which enable organizations to quickly create great looking sites that can communicate information through a combination of images, static and dynamic content. For many organizations, the ability to create SharePoint communication sites without the need for IT is a huge win.
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How to Overcome Resistance to Digital Policies and Standards
Until 20 or so years ago, natural barriers made us think twice about publishing information from or about an organization — processes, gatekeepers and other organizational speed bumps. These barriers slowed us down and provided some semblance of order.
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Report: DDoS Attacks Have Slowed, But Increased in Size
DDoS Attacks are nothing new. In fact, hackers have been maliciously flooding servers since 1999. But in October 2016, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks suddenly became far more relevant to the everyday web surfer, after Dyn — one of the world’s leading DNS providers — suffered the largest DDoS attack in history. The
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Xerox Reveals First Big Release Since Split, More News
Xerox released a new line of printers and devices on March 29, in what it billed as the "largest product launch in Xerox history." The launch may put to rest the questions and confusion about Xerox's fate following its split earlier this year. On Jan. 3, Xerox officially split the
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Developing a Digital Workplace Strategy for SharePoint
Shifting to a digital workplace is as much about a cultural change as it is about technology.
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