{"id":11922,"date":"2023-01-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2022-06-15T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:41:39","slug":"collaboration-tool-governance-challenges-grow-as-apps-proliferate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/collaboration-tool-governance-challenges-grow-as-apps-proliferate\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration Tool Governance: Challenges Grow as Apps Proliferate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the two-year peak period of the COVID pandemic, businesses’ use of collaboration tools jumped as remote access became the new normal. But this new work style also introduced new complications to how businesses manage their information security and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers are increasingly using non-email alternative communication tools to share business-critical data. 68 percent of workers say that they have done so, according to a survey by Veritas<\/a>. Instant message tools present a two-sided dilemma — the survey found that about half of people delete their IM messages while another half of people make copies of them. Keeping track of those discussions for governance purposes though is often not on the company’s radar. And with the number of types of collaboration apps to manage things like chat, messaging, workflow, conferencing, meeting recordings, transcripts, engagement, and sharing, governance becomes more challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a governance perspective, some of the emerging challenges include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n