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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.

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When Pressing Delete Is OK: Learn How to Eliminate ROT in Your Organization

AIIM

This causes enough problems by itself, but when you then add to the pile all the redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information you have in your systems, on your file shares, and in every other possible location, it’s a real nightmare. Don’t Let Your Information ROT. Identifying and Evaluating ROT.

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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. Data classification is key to ensuring information security and compliance by accurately mapping and segmenting sensitive data.

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ESI, ROT, and LBJ – Thoughts on Data Management While Visiting the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Which made me think of the state of data creation, management, storage, and security in the corporate world today. In 2016, a study by Veritas found that as much as 85% of ESI is Redundant, Obsolete, or Trivial (ROT). most of it ROT. How does your organization keep ROT at bay? So, what do you think?

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Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records

WIRED Threat Level

The so-called Collections #1-5 represent a gargantuan, patched-together Frankenstein of rotting personal 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. Audit your existing legacy systems , content silos, and policies to determine where everything lives and determine your actual starting point. Bake governance into the process.

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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Krebs on Security

But as documented by KrebsOnSecurity in November 2022 , security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included an entire copy of their home folder, where investigators found many clues pointing to Kivimäki’s involvement.

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