Shrink The Blast Radius

Cost, Risk & AI: the ROT Trifecta

Increasing Costs

• ROT data drives year‑over‑year storage, backup, and scanning spend. Many large organisations waste $10–30M/year on ROT storage alone.

Security Risks

• The global average breach cost hit $4.88M (2024). IBM also notes that over one‑third of breaches involved “shadow data,” where ROT often hides. (IBM Newsroom, cdn.table.media)

Compliance Violations

• GDPR’s storage limitation principle: don’t keep personal data longer than necessary for the stated purpose; retention controls (e.g., HIPAA documentation retention ≥ 6 years; SEC 17a‑4 multi‑year recordkeeping for broker‑dealers). (eCFR, FINRA) (GDPR)

AI Efficacy

• Outdated/irrelevant inputs pollute the output of AI Agents; new IBM research spotlights growing AI security gaps as adoption outpaces controls. (CPO Magazine)

4 Key Drivers for Data Minimization

• Cut costs by eliminating ROT before it hits storage and data management budgets.
• Reduce the attack surface so incidents touch less data and cost less to contain.
• Ensure compliance with policy-driven data retention and auditable deletion.
• Maintain AI Efficacy by curating current, relevant, high‑quality fine-tuned data.

How Securiti Automates Data Minimization

Phase 1: Powered by Data Discovery & Metadata Scanning

• Discover shadow & cloud‑native data across hybrid multi‑clouds & SaaS (including self‑managed systems that never appear in cloud consoles).
• Flag obsolete data by age & activity criteria. Why start here? To actively fine-tune policy scope through metadata attributes & cut cost and risk instantly.

Phase 2: Powered by Data Classification Scans

• Detect duplicate content using AI; by flagging duplicates via checksums & near-duplicates using advanced cluster analysis.
• Accurately detect sensitive data to policy violations using hundreds of predefined AI/ML Classifiers & define custom policies using metadata.

Eliminate ROT Data with Auto-Remediation

• Automatically remediate via federated systems (Slack/ServiceNow/Jira); delete or archive; orchestrate workflows & ensure compliance.

Want to know more about ROT Data Minimization?

• Deep dive: Read our full blog on Data Minimization - Link.
• See the infographic: Download the ROI of Data Minimization: Save Millions in Cost, Risk & AI With DSPM - Link.
• Get the Whitepaper: Say Goodbye to ROT Data: A 6-Step Automation Guide - Link.