Stale Data Cleanup

The Challenge

Stale data not only drastically impacts an organization’s storage requirements, but more importantly, stale data exponentially increases the cost and complexity of managing critical environmental resources. File Systems, SharePoint, Exchange Mailboxes and Public Folders, Active Directory, SQL databases, and other data repositories all house massive amounts of data that are likely no longer needed; but how do you tell the good from the bad, and what’s the incentive for organizations to take on the monumental task of cleaning it up? Disk is cheap, right?

Simply put, the more data an organization has, the more risk the organization assumes. Data can contain trade secrets, personally identifiable information (PII) such as credit card and social security numbers, confidential financial information, and more, that if lost or leaked can cost organizations millions of dollars and irreversibly damage a company’s reputation or market standing. Reducing the amount of data overall not only improves operational efficiencies, but drastically minimizes the risk an organization exposes themselves to by the mere fact that less data is available.

The Solution

The StealthAUDIT Management Platform (SMP) leverages broad data collection capabilities in conjunction with built-in workflow modules enabling organizations to;

• Identify stale data
• Communicate with data custodians for verification on the data’s necessity
• And remediate stale data based upon end user responses

Learn more about how SMP can help your organization reduce stale content across:

• The File System
• SharePoint
• Exchange
• Public Folders
• Active Directory
• SQL