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5 Reasons Your Files and Records are ROT(ting)

Gimmal

Redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information likely dominates your content stores. We collect data from organizations every day to understand why information governance problems exist, and there are generally five reason your files are ROT(ting). Five Reasons Your Files are ROT(ting) 1. Does it drive workflow?

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Build a Cloud-First Content Management Strategy in Three Simple Steps

AIIM

Reduce Storage Costs – by getting rid of your ROT (redundant, obsolete or trivial) data BEFORE migration, plus the potential cost saving of infrastructure maintenance over license fees. Step 1: Improve Content Metadata. High-quality metadata is essential to improving search results. Step 2: Classify Your Data.

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MS Teams Information Governance - A Checklist for Success

AIIM

Create an information governance team including representatives from IT, Records Management, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, and Line of Business. Make the most of metadata by utilizing systems that help automate how metadata is applied while retaining unstructured data in place. Bake governance into the process.

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

This phase would include the following steps: Take Inventory of the Source System: This means identifying the information in the system, its metadata, how it is categorized and classified, any relevant business rules or workflows, security settings, etc. Or is much of it redundant, outdated or obsolete, or trivial (ROT)?

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Preserving your information from digital disasters

Preservica

Digital disasters of systems are increasingly common due to a number of factors including human error, computer job error, natural and manmade disasters, cybercrime, bit rot, and file format obsolescence. Here are examples of how disk rot, a natural disaster, and data breaches can cause monumental losses. Yes, when, not if.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

Many records managers also work closely with other information management disciplines such as privacy and data protection, information security, e-discovery, capture and document imaging, etc. Metadata Capture and Remediation: Again, users are the problem with metadata more than the solution.

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Tech Tuesday: Getting Started with Classification

Everteam

Separate the good information from the ROT. Apply appropriate security controls to prevent accidental disclosure or cyberhacking. Much of the data needed to perform identity theft is stolen from businesses that store customer information inappropriately or secure it inadequately. Respond quicker to requests for information.

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