What businesses need to know about data decay

2021-09-20 05:00

Data decay is the aging and obsolescence of data in such a way that makes it no longer usable due to loss of its integrity, completeness, and accuracy.

Data decay is often a symptom of poor data management, and little or no data lifecycle processes in place.

Another approach to avoid data decay is to seek out ROT data, which is typically symptomatic of older, underused data that is no longer important to the business.

Continuous monitoring of all data locations to ensure that the personnel responsible for verifying data integrity and volume know where the data is in the first place.

With data used and stored across various endpoints, servers, emails, business applications, third parties, and cloud storage, the likelihood of data decay or data loss is a real threat.

When embarking on the journey of improving data quality, data management, or data lifecycle initiatives, an often overlooked but fundamental step is to first understand all data that exists.

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