SPOTLIGHT ON
DARK DATA
Dark Data: Unstructured, untapped data that is kept in data repositories, but has not been analyzed or processed.
A recent CIO Market Pulse survey asked 101 CIOs about their companies’ policies for managing dark data.
HERE’S WHAT THEY FOUND:
76
%
OF RESPONDENTS WOULD CONSIDER IT HIGHLY VALUABLE TO ATTACH MORE INTELLIGENCE TO DATA THAT IS RETAINED.
HOW DARK DATA COMPROMISES ENTERPRISES
70 53
%
OF RESPONDENTS REPORT DARK DATA HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STORAGE COSTS.
%
SAY THEIR SECURITY RISK HAS INCREASED.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR DARK DATA?
72 66
% SAY STORAGE COSTS
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
% SAY SECURITY RISKS
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
THE DESIRE FOR
68
64 57 49
%
SAY IT WILL BE HARDER TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNANCE POLICIES
%
SAY eDISCOVERY SPEED WILL BE AFFECTED
%
SAY THEIR ABILITY TO MEET COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE AFFECTED
A MODERN DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
BELIEVE THAT HAVING A BETTER ABILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER DATA HAS ACTIONABLE VALUE IS THE #1 BENEFIT TO INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING THE CONTENT OF STORED DATA.
ONLY
%
5
OF RESPONDENTS % CURRENTLY USE A SINGLE PLATFORM DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION.
77%
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS TYPE OF SOLUTION.
HOW DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION DECIDE WHICH DATA TO KEEP?
10
AUTOMATED % HAVE SELECTION
ONLY
PROCESSES IN PLACE
47
% DO IT MANUALLY
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