Join us for a four-part webinar series designed to explore smarter, tech-driven strategies for records retention within the ARMA Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM). Each session spotlights a different stage of the information lifecycle—featuring expert insights, live demos, and real-world applications from leading practitioners and solution providers.
From foundational guidance on selecting the right technology to deep dives into automation, compliance, and future-ready innovations, this series equips you with practical tools to build a mature, resilient, and scalable retention program. Whether you're just starting your IG journey or looking to enhance existing strategies, these sessions will help you align retention with the evolving demands of modern information governance.
Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of emerging trends and take your retention program to the next level.
Week One:
August 7, 2025
Foundations of Retention: An Overview of the Essentials of a Fit for Purpose
Retention Schedule
Kick off the series with a practitioner-led session that dives into the
basics of a records retention schedule and how to ensure it is fit for purpose
and implementation ready. Learn how to balance the need to comply with multiple local legal requirements and records retention rules, with the requirements to need to dispose of personal data according to privacy laws as well as the business need to retain long term information. We’ll explore pragmatic approaches for dealing with the event based retention and disposition reviews as well as how to successfully adopt a big bucket approach and get stakeholder buy in.
Week Two:
August 14, 2025
Automated Retention in Action: Managing Information Through its Lifecycle
See how Gimmal’s platform supports retention as a critical function of the information lifecycle. This session will highlight automation, scalability, and lifecycle triggers that ensure information is properly governed — from creation to disposal. Includes a live demo and insight into how this aligns with IGIM’s maturity model and current tech trends like AI-enhanced compliance.
Week Three:
August 21, 2025
From Retention Rules to Risk Reduction: Operationalizing Defensible Disposition at Scale
Data volumes are exploding—and so are the risks of keeping unnecessary records. In this session, discover how Exterro’s integrated platform helps organizations confidently identify and delete data that’s no longer needed, without risking spoliation or non-compliance. Through a live walkthrough, explore how Exterro automates retention enforcement, legal hold reconciliation, and data classification to support enterprise-wide defensible disposition. Learn how this approach reduces e-discovery costs, lowers breach exposure, and drives scalable governance maturity across legal, IT, privacy, and compliance teams.
Week Four:
August 28, 2025
Retention & Resilience: Building a Future-Ready IG Program
Close out the series with a forward-looking session that explores how leading organizations are modernizing their records retention strategies to drive compliance, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency. We'll share how Access supports resilient information governance programs through practical tools and structured retention management—empowering teams to confidently navigate evolving regulations, data volumes, and organizational change.