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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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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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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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GUEST ESSAY: Massive NPD breach tells us its high time to replace SSNs as an authenticator

The Last Watchdog

The stolen information included full names, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of millions of U.S., Investigations are ongoing, and several class-action lawsuits have been filed, alleging that the company failed to implement sufficient security measures. Canadian, and British citizens.

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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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How to Manage Information - Growing Your Own Success

AIIM

Some are nice to look at, but quickly proliferate to obscure those tasty fruits and vegetables until they rot. Weeds in our information come in the form of something called Information ROT (redundant, obsolete, and trivial). ROT can unnecessarily increase storage costs, cause confusion, and clog up search.

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