Security News > 2021 > December > The dangers of dark data: How to manage it and mitigate the risks
2021-12-27 17:09
There are ways to reduce dark data and the risks that come with it.
"Once discovered, dark data is no longer dark data."
First, not having your dark data under management can create legal, security and compliance risks.
Fourth, the dark data problem contributes to enterprise data silos.
"One of the key things to examine is how each silo of dark data came to be that way, and to identify processes and tooling that can help prevent it from happening in the future."
One proactive approach that companies can use to reduce dark data is to create data safekeeping policies for employees and train and retrain employees on these policies.