When a manager or executive leaves the company, their digital workspaces are often abandoned, creating terabytes of unmanaged, high-risk "orphaned" data.
Implementing an orphaned data remediation workflow ensures these files are actively reviewed, reassigned, or defensibly destroyed.
- How many terabytes of unowned "orphaned" data are currently sitting on your active servers?
- What is your procedure for reassigning ownership of a departed manager's digital workspace?
Action Item: Ask your IT department to run a report identifying network folders with no active owner.