The term “data gravity” refers to the growing “weight” of data being collected in an ever growing mass, the additional data and services pulled closer to that mass and the inertia which must be overcome in order to move such a mass. To be useful, data of course must be accessed (and often updated): e.g., […]
Data Gravity
Data Gravity and Its Impact on Data Protection Strategies
Data security was a straightforward process back when organizations stored all their data in on-premises IT environments. Organizations used the “lobster” security model – building hard-shelled exteriors to fend off threats at the perimeter — but they had fewer internal protections for the soft, delicious data inside. In a cloud-oriented world, data protection is much […]