Does Your Company Have A Dark Data Problem?
Cyber Defense, March 4th, 2023
Don't let the name fool you: dark data is all too visible - to bad actors, that is.
Dark data is information that a company stores but doesn't need any longer. Businesses are often surprised by just how much of this data they have squirreled away in their computer systems - on laptops, file servers, smartphones and in suppliers' systems as well.
It consists of everything from ex-employee files, outdated customer records, phone numbers and email addresses to credit card numbers, SSNs, healthcare records and even old security videos.