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How to Understand and Protect the Data in Your Enterprise

BY Bill Lederer
August 01, 2016

In a recent study conducted by Acaveo and Osterman Research it was revealed that of more than 100 responding enterprises with a median 20 TB of unstructured data stored, only 37% regularly audited the amount of data that employees or business units produce. See, “Survey: 50% of IT Teams Not Ready for Unstructured Data Growth.” Especially in a time where cybersecurity remains in the headlines on a regular basis, it's crucial to understand what data exists in order to protect it. Where's your data? What if you lost track of some of it? What if attackers copied it?

We don't use filing cabinets much these days to run our businesses, nor big ledger books to record our accounts. We now put all the information we need to run our businesses into databases and other computer-based filing systems.

However, with data so easily stored, more responsibility falls on an enterprise to know where and what it is. Since access to the data and maintaining its integrity is critical to the continuity of your business, ensuring that it is safe is essential. Understanding what's in the fort of information surrounding an enterprise is the first step towards that peace of mind, and there are tools that can help track the current and future state of a company's data.

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