Shining a Light on Shadow Data: What It Is and How to Minimize It

This blog was originally published by Polar Security here. Written by Roey Yaacovi, Polar Security. Shadow data can be defined as any data that is not available or subject to an organization’s centralized data management framework. Examples of shadow data include:Customer data that was copied from production to development for testing purposesData stores with sensitive data for a legacy application that isn't used anymoreByproducts of an application, such as log files that contain sensitive d...

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