The Voice of the DBA - WMV: E-Discovery and Data Retention
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The Voice of the DBA - WMV: E-Discovery and Data Retention
You might think that, once you’ve added those hotfixes, secured the server room, imposed a security strategy for all your databases, encrypted your data and backups and sorted out your network security, that you could stop worrying about other people viewing your data. Not quite. The idea that someone might take legal action against you or your company might seem absurd. However, litigation can happen. The typical large US Company faces an average of 305 lawsuits and spends $12 million a year just on litigation, not including settlements or judgments. It is a growing trend, since the Enron collapse, for a company like yours to be compelled by a court to provide a third party with the data in your databases, and to ensure that all the data is accessible. This is called by lawyers an ‘e-discovery request’. Read the rest of E-Discovery and Data Retention at SQLServerCentral.com
Mevio | November 19, 2008
