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MY TAKE: The no. 1 reason ransomware attacks persist: companies overlook ‘unstructured data’

The Last Watchdog

All too many companies lack a full appreciation of how vital it has become to proactively manage and keep secure “unstructured data.”. One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. A few takeaways: Outside a database.

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Are We Doing Enough to Protect Our Unstructured Data?

Dark Reading

Organizations are coming under pressure to protect their data, but does all data need the same security? To secure it, you first need to know what and where it is.

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Shinydocs receives $16.25 million in financing to help organizations generate business value from unstructured data

Info Source

Our customers are seeing exponential growth in the volume of unstructured data held across the organization. Approximately 90 percent of an organization’s corporate data is unstructured,” says Jason Cassidy, Shinydocs CEO. million in funding led by Toronto-based First Ascent Ventures and Export Development Canada (EDC).

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Data Disposition: What is it and why should it be part of your data retention policy?

AIIM

How much of your information is “data debris”? The retention schedule must apply to all the data in an organization’s possession, not just information officially classified as “records.” What happens when information comes to the end of its lifecycle and no longer remains relevant, useful, or valuable? Everything else – get rid of it.

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Use It, Save It, Or Lose It: Spring Cleaning for Information Governance

Speaker: Speakers Michelle Kirk of Georgia Pacific, Darla White of Sanofi, & Scott McVeigh of Onna

Watch this webinar on-demand to learn about: Data lifecycle management. Information governance for unstructured data. Data dividends: how to extract business value from clean data. Making “cleaning” a regular part of your routine.

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Qlik Advances AI Capabilities with Acquisition of Kyndi Assets

Information Matters

Business intelligence software provider Qlik has acquired the intellectual property of AI startup Kyndi, marking a significant move to bolster its capabilities in extracting insights from unstructured data.

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Document Processing Vs. Robotic Process Automation

AIIM

For many businesses, content and data capture tools are highly sought out, particularly in the banking and insurance sectors. With so many different types of documents required to operate and adhere to compliances, the need for capturing data accurately and quickly, especially unstructured data, is ever growing.