Govern information as an organisational asset and build the governance foundation for AI, privacy, cybersecurity and trusted decision-making.
Overview
Information Governance is the enterprise governance discipline and coordinating mechanism through which an organisation establishes accountability for information, aligns the functions responsible for creating, using, sharing, protecting, retaining, preserving and disposing of it, and governs information as an organisational asset.
Information is created and used across almost every organisational function, system and technology. Responsibility is distributed across business units and specialist functions, including records and information management, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, legal, risk, technology, procurement, audit, and business operations. An enterprise governance mechanism connects these responsibilities so policies, controls, and reporting align across functional boundaries, and key risks and dependencies are visible.
Sibenco helps organisations establish and strengthen enterprise information governance so that accountability is clear, information risks and value can be managed across the lifecycle, governance functions are coordinated, and boards and senior executives receive meaningful reporting and assurance.
What Enterprise Information Governance enables
- Clear enterprise accountability for information and information assets.
- A coordinated governance structure across functions that have responsibility for information.
- Visibility over critical information assets, ownership, risk, obligations and dependencies.
- Consistent lifecycle governance from creation or receipt through use, sharing, protection, retention, preservation and disposal.
- Better integration of privacy, cybersecurity, records, data governance, technology and AI requirements.
- Improved governance reporting, escalation and assurance for senior executives, risk committees and boards.
- A stronger information foundation for responsible AI adoption and data-driven decision-making.
Enterprise Information Governance services
Information Governance Review and Roadmap
- Assessment of current information governance arrangements and maturity
- Mapping of existing governance bodies, policies, responsibilities and reporting
- Identification of gaps, overlaps and priority information risks
- Practical enterprise information governance roadmap
Enterprise Information Governance Framework and Policy
- Development or uplift of an enterprise Information Governance Framework
- Overarching Information Governance Policy and supporting governance documentation
- Information Governance Committee or equivalent governance arrangements
- Roles, responsibilities, accountability and escalation pathways
- Integration with enterprise risk management, assurance and board reporting
Information Assets, Ownership and the Information Asset Register
Effective information governance requires visibility over the information assets the organisation depends on. Sibenco helps organisations establish governance arrangements to identify information assets, assign ownership and accountability, define minimum register information, and connect the register to risk, privacy, cyber, records, data, and AI governance.
- Information-asset definition and governance criteria
- Ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Information Asset Register design and governance
- Linkages with risk registers, records authorities, privacy, cybersecurity and AI registers
- Reporting and assurance for critical information assets
Information Lifecycle Governance
Sibenco helps organisations coordinate lifecycle governance across the stages through which information is created or received, used, shared, protected, retained, preserved and disposed. This includes alignment with the organisation’s records, privacy, cybersecurity, legal, data and technology obligations and risk settings.
Data and Information Lifecycle Management
Information Governance Reporting and Assurance
- Information governance reporting to senior management, Audit/Risk Committees and boards
- Key risks, indicators, exceptions and remediation reporting
- Governance effectiveness and maturity reviews
- Integration of information governance reporting with enterprise risk management and related AI governance reporting
The InfoGovANZ Enterprise Information Governance Framework
The InfoGovANZ Enterprise Information Governance Framework was written and developed by Dr Susan Bennett in her role as Founder and Executive Director of InfoGovANZ. It provides a practical enterprise approach to governing information as an organisational asset, strengthening accountability and establishing the foundations required for AI, privacy, cybersecurity and trusted decision-making.
The Framework is published by InfoGovANZ and is available to InfoGovANZ members through the member site. Sibenco can help organisations interpret the Framework in their own context, assess existing arrangements and facilitate implementation with the internal teams responsible for information, risk and technology.
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InfoGovANZ member access and community
InfoGovANZ membership provides access to the Framework and member resources, together with regular virtual MeetUps and discussions on topical developments across information governance, AI, privacy and related governance issues.
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Our approach: building governance capability within the organisation
Sibenco develops enterprise information governance frameworks and works with senior executives and internal specialists to translate governance requirements into practical arrangements. This includes establishing the governance structure, facilitating the right internal contributors, identifying gaps and dependencies, developing key governance documentation and supporting arrangements that can be owned and maintained internally.
The result is an enterprise coordinating mechanism that enables records, data, privacy, cybersecurity, legal, risk, technology and business functions to work together within a common governance structure.
Specialist expertise
Sibenco’s information governance work is led by Dr Susan Bennett, Founder and Executive Director of InfoGovANZ and author of the InfoGovANZ Enterprise Information Governance Framework. Her work spans information governance, privacy and data protection, regulatory compliance and AI governance, with a particular focus on the governance structures needed to manage information risk and value across organisational boundaries.
Related services and resources
Build an enterprise approach to governing information
Sibenco can help your organisation assess current arrangements, establish an Enterprise Information Governance Framework and create the accountability, coordination, reporting and assurance needed to govern information as an organisational asset.