CIOs and IT directors working on any project that involves data in any way are always more likely to succeed when the organisation has a clear view of the data it holds.
Increasingly, organisations are using data classification to track information based on its sensitivity and confidentiality, as well as its importance to the business.
Data that is critical to operations or that needs to be safeguarded – such as customer records or intellectual property – is more likely to be encrypted, to have access controls applied, and be hosted on the most robust storage systems with the highest levels of redundancy.
