Information Management Strategy.pdf - Lincolnshire Police

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.1.1 The force will maintain an IMB to implement and monitor the information assurancestrategy (IAS) and standards; which will meet quarterly. This board will report directly toChief Officer Group (COG) for issues requiring identification or decision to that level, viathe Chair.6.1.2 The board will determine the organisation‟s policy for information assets and identify howcompliance with that policy will be measured and reviewed, including;i) Identification of information assets and the classification into those of value andimportance that merit special attention and those that do not;ii) Quality and quantity of information for effective operation ensuring that, at everylevel, the information provided is necessary and sufficient, timely, reliable andconsistent;iii) The proper use of information in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory,operational and ethical standards and the roles and responsibilities for thecreation, safekeeping, access, change and disposal of information;iv) The protection of information from theft, loss, unauthorised access, improper use,including information which is the property of others;v) Harnessing of information assets and their proper use for the maximum benefit ofthe organisation including legally protecting, licensing, re-using, combining, representing,publishing and destroying;vi) Strategy for information systems, including those using computers and electroniccommunications and the implementation of that strategy with particular referenceto the costs, benefits and risks arising;vii) Identifying and actioning the appropriateness of a central oversight role for allinformation held by the force.6.1.3 The IMB will develop governance structures (including review of the criteria by which theforce decides which Group 3 records to review and which to automatically dispose ofwhere the force uses a systems of time-based automatic disposal), policies andprocedures to ensure the management of information within the force is undertakenstrategically and is aligned with the force objectives.6.1.4The IMB will oversee the implementation and maintenance of the IAS and standards.NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 33