Mergers and acquisitions often dump terabytes of unclassified, inherited data onto the RIM team's lap, bringing hidden compliance risks.
Establishing a rapid triage process to assess, classify, and migrate this data protects the parent company from inheriting the acquired company's liabilities.
- Have you ever been blindsided by a data dump after a corporate acquisition?
- What is your protocol for bringing legacy inherited systems into your retention schedule?
Action Item: Outline a 3-step triage checklist for evaluating newly acquired data.