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A Botanist's Guide to Data: Alternative View of Information Security

Acknowledging that information lives, grows and dies can help a company focus its security and business continuity efforts in the right places. Because data, as you know, has a life all of its own.

By Sarah D. Scalet

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DEATH

Time for clearing away. When the information has outlived both its usefulness and regulatory importance, make space for something new. Compost everything you can, and throw away or burn everything else. Some possible guidelines:

Public information—Hit the delete key, and then forget about it.

Business information—Hit the delete key. Then, when the PC, server, or storage mechanism or server is retired, make sure it is degaussed (a process of magnetically erasing information).

Confidential information or classified information—Make sure that either the storage device is shredded or burned or that the information on it is destroyed to Department of Defense standards. 

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