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One of the most pressing problems facing information management professionals at organizations is orphaned data — data that has no owner.
Without an owner, organizations will experience difficulties managing orphaned data throughout its lifecycle. Organizations need someone to authorize classification by record type or security level, or to pull the trigger on disposition — either to long-term write once read many (WORM) archive or for defensible deletion.
And for most organizations, spoliation isn’t the problem, it’s over retention. They keep everything forever — from critical business data to junk files — and incur high levels of risk and cost by doing so.
Read the complete article at Ignoring Orphaned Data is a Risky Business