Extract from Rebecca Perry’s article “Building a Defensible Data Inventory”
Analysis of Big Data shows that the size of the digital universe doubles every two years and that human- and machine-generated data experience a growth rate 10 times that of traditional business data. All of this growth has happened (and is continuing to happen) faster than many organizations can prepare for it.
And with every new piece of data that an enterprise or organization stores, how that data is handled—or mishandled—can create nightmares for both in-house legal teams and outside counsel working with clients.
