Information Governance Imperatives for the Modern Executive

AI is reshaping how your organization creates, controls, and values its information. Most executives are governing yesterday's risks with yesterday's frameworks.

Information governance has moved from a back-office compliance function to a board-level strategic imperative. As AI adoption accelerates, cybersecurity threats multiply, and data sovereignty regulations expand, the gap between what executives need to know about information governance and what they actually understand has never been wider.

"This book deserves a place on the desk of every executive, data leader, and governance professional."

- Amb. (Dr.) Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole, International President, Institute of Information Management Africa

In Information Governance Imperatives for the Modern Executive, Rob Gerbrandt CD, PMP, IGP, FIIM - a seasoned information governance strategist and leader - delivers a practical, executive-level guide to building governance programs that withstand AI disruption, regulatory pressure, and organizational change.

You'll learn how to:

• Align information governance with enterprise strategy and board-level accountability


• Build an IG program that scales with AI adoption and digital transformation


• Navigate data sovereignty, privacy, and cross-border regulatory complexity


• Bridge the gap between IT, legal, risk, and executive leadership


• Apply a maturity model to assess and advance your organization's IG capabilities

Written for C-suite executives, board members, chief data officers, and governance professionals who need to make confident decisions about information in an AI-driven world. Whether you're building a program from scratch or evolving a mature practice, this book gives you the framework, language, and strategic perspective to lead.

"As AI reshapes our professional landscape, I strongly recommend leaders to pause and read this book before shaping the future of their organizations. Rob Gerbrandt has provided today's modern C-Suite executives a comprehensive and strategic framework to tie together Information Governance, Data Security and AI Governance... [with] numerous lessons and research-driven nuggets presented [that] are easily applicable across different industries and geographies. Safeguarding and unlocking your organization's full asset value is now more critical than ever."
- Abhishek Das, PhD, Chief Development Officer, Concentric AI

If your organization's most valuable asset is its information, this is the book that shows you how to govern it.