spring cleaning your storage
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breaches, legal complicationsand technical
problems.
Companies that hold tight to out-of-date data put themselves at risk for
Acknowledge that it can be a risk if left
untouched.
Even if you’re not thinking about dark data, it’s lurking inthe corners.
and ensure you’re not housing data that breaks
compliance standards.
Sort through your unstructured data, delete the files that don’t add value
store it so that’s it easy to find,
utilize and audit.
If you stumble upon something frequently needed,
and get rid of anything that doesn’t scream
“Keep me.I’m important!”
Not all data is created equal. Figure out which files have business value,
such as financial data or personally identifiable
information (PII),
secure it to protect against risk.
If you find vital information during your spring cleaning,
organize whatever’s left so it’s easy to
navigate and protect.
(And check out the added space you didn’t know you had.)
Once you’vemade the necessary purges,
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