Common questions about Digital Information Governance, with short, sourced answers.
Frequently asked questions
What is Digital Information Governance (DIG®)?
It is a discipline for keeping AI-influenced decisions defensible and auditable, ensuring a company's information is accurately represented, its decisions are traceable, and its AI use is provable to regulators, partners, and courts. It is commonly called AI decision governance.
How is DIG different from information governance?
Information governance manages the records and data lifecycle (storage, retention, deletion). DIG manages whether AI-influenced decisions are defensible. DIG is decision-centric; information governance is records-centric.
How is DIG different from AI governance?
AI governance focuses on models: bias, drift, and explainability. DIG focuses on the decision the model influences, and whether that decision can be defended. DIG is the decision layer above AI governance.
What are the four pillars?
Information Provenance, Decision Traceability, Representation Integrity, and Audit Readiness.
Who created Digital Information Governance?
Matthew Bertram, President of ModalPoint and CEO of EWR Digital. He holds the registered trademark DIG® (USPTO Reg. 99559923).
Is DIG a registered trademark?
Yes, DIG® / Digital Information Governance® is registered with the USPTO (Reg. 99559923).
Which regulations does DIG map to?
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and US state law such as Texas's TRAIGA. Most obligations across these regimes overlap, which is why one governance program can address most of all four.
How do I implement DIG?
Start with a governance readiness assessment against the four pillars. ModalPoint runs this for regulated operators.
References
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0): Govern, Map, Measure, Manage. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2023. View source ↗
- Information governance: the records and data lifecycle discipline (storage, retention, disposition), distinct from AI decision governance. ARMA International, Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles; AIIM. View source ↗
- EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Official Journal of the European Union); ISO/IEC 42001:2023; Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA). View source ↗
- USPTO Trademark Reg. No. 99559923, Digital Information Governance / DIG, owner Matthew Bertram. View source ↗