The documentation should be readily accessible to the

The documentation should be readily accessible to the authorized individuals as well as parties

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with interest while observing laws as well as regulations. All the maintained records should be
adhering to the policies and principles regarding information governance, recording the activities
taken during the implementation of the information governance program accurately towards
ensuring legibility of the available records. When implementing transparency principle within
the organization practices, there should be the definition of all the legitimate users as well as the
mechanism of using as well as guiding towards improving compliance to the set policies as well
as procedures (Ghiran, Buchmann, & Osman, 2018, p. 285 ) .
Principles of integrity
This principle is demanding a guarantee of accuracy, authenticity, reliability, as well as
timely and complete information regarding every information relating to the IG program that the
organization has established. It is the responsibility of the organization to manage as well as
classify the information gotten from the external sources. Procedures, as well as policies
regarding information governance, helps the company towards complying with the legal
requirement in case they are strictly followed. Thus, there should be [roper training for every
employee within the company towards ensuring that there is appropriate use if information
governance program to meet the objectives as well as goals set within the organization. Practices
enhancing the reliability of information within the organization as well as ensuring regular
satisfactory audits alongside data reliability are crucial towards maintaining the integrity
principle (Speer, 2019, p. 245 ) .
Principle of protection
Regarding this principle, companies get proper guidance which is preserving the acquired
data from corruption, breach as well as the risk of loss. It is aiming at establishing

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confidentiality, privacy alongside categorization of data that exists within the company. Thus,
every organization should work towards setting as well as utilizing security access controls
within the practices of management towards preventing any loss of data or any authorized
access. Every organization should be ensuring that there are regular security audits towards
revealing vulnerabilities issues or potential threats within the organization systems alongside
structure in which information flows as well as assessing if there is proper comp0liance to the
policies as well as standards (Ghiran, Buchmann, & Osman, 2018, p. 286 ) .
Principle of compliance
According to this principle, the framework of information governance should be
developed in a way that is conforming to the standards policies as well as relevant laws. For
instance, within the healthcare industry, various regulations are available that are helping in
maintaining medical records of patents alongside other health data in a secure way with the
person authorized to handle the information. There are employees within the organization who
have special access to the health data, thus responsible for maintaining the security of such data.