Keeping Private Data Private: Tips and Tricks
MouseTrapCompanies produce data. Some of it is public data, some
private data. The classification of data into public and private
is important, but right now, the means to keep data private is
incredibly important as well. Keeping data private is a process.
It starts with examining the use cases for the data. Is this
piece of information going to be used every day? Or does it just
need to be stored in case we need it sometime in the next 7
years? Is there a date when it should be destroyed? Who should
have the ability to examine or read the data? Most businesses
have a few profiles for data. Typically, they come down to:    •
Data used constantly (daily, weekly, monthly)   • Data used
infrequently (annually or once every few years)   • Data used in
case of emergency only (emergency keys, backups)   • Data to be
stored for audit or compliance  Each of these profiles should
have a data destruction date associated with it. Perhaps the
"data used constantly" has an