Most companies still have lots of work to do to turn their information governance into “mature” programs, where they can extract value and insight from their troves of data while minimizing security and privacy risks.

The good news is that progress is being made—albeit slowly.  

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...