The Importance of Understanding and Documenting Information Management Needs

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An Information Needs Assessment is a process that helps an organization understand and document the information management needs that support their business or mission. The purpose of this process is to identify the types of information needed by an organization, how that information should be managed, and how it should be made available to authorized individuals or groups.

An Information Needs Assessment typically involves several steps, including identifying the organization's business or mission goals, identifying the types of information needed to support those goals, determining the criticality of that information, and developing a plan for managing and protecting that information.

The output of an Information Needs Assessment is a document that outlines the organization's information management needs and provides recommendations for implementing the necessary systems, processes, and controls to meet those needs. This document can be used to inform the development of an organization's information security program and to ensure that the appropriate security controls are in place to protect critical information.