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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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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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MyKings botnet operators already amassed at least $24 million

Security Affairs

Encryption used is a very simple ROT cipher, where the key is set to -1.” The post MyKings botnet operators already amassed at least $24 million appeared first on Security Affairs. One of the defense mechanisms used by bot authors is to hide the addresses of cryptowallets used in the campaign. ” continues the analysis.

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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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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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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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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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