37 Examples of Information Management

John Spacey, updated on July 03, 2023

Information management is the planning, operation and control of information acquisition, custodianship, quality, access, retention and disposal. This is a broad practice that overlaps with data management, knowledge management and information assurance. The following are common examples of information management.

Access control and permissions	Backup and recovery
Business continuity and disaster recovery planning	Capacity management
Content management	Data cleansing
Data management	Data stewards and data custodians
Document management	Document templates and standards
Document tracking and versioning	Email management
Information access, retrieval and tools	Information architecture
Information archiving	Information asset inventories
Information asset management	Information assurance
Information audits	Information classification
Information collection	Information governance
Information loss prevention	Information privacy and confidentiality
Information quality	Information risk assessments
Information risk management	Information security
Information sharing tools and controls	Information validation
Information visualization	Knowledge management
Master data management	Records disposal and destruction
Records management	Reference data management
Retention policies and management

Information assurance is the process of managing the quality of information and information processes including the precision, accuracy, reliability, confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

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