With the rise in regulation, privacy and confidentiality requirements, companies are realizing the need for investing in the right enterprise digital rights management (DRM aka Information Rights Management or IRM) solution. It is fast becoming a major business requirement and is no longer just an option. A well-implemented DRM solution will make a big difference in the way that organizations do business, meet compliance requirements, ensure privacy, and protect the digital assets of the company. Although DRM has been of immense value to CIO/CISO, the technology never really saw widespread corporate adoption and many enterprises have failed to implement it enterprise-wide. DRM implementation means a big investment for companies, not only financially, but also in terms of time, resources, disruption and the risk of failure. Hence it is not a type of investment that one can simply scrap if it doesn’t work out. With that in mind, here is a list of 6 essential things you should consider before choosing an enterprise DRM: