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Celebrate National Records and Information Management Month with us!

Data retention schedules are often viewed as a compliance requirement, but when clearly understood and effectively communicated, they become one of the most powerful tools for eliminating redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) data across the enterprise. This session reframes retention schedules as a practical, business-enabling framework that empowers individual teams to take-action while aligning cleanup efforts company-wide. Attendees will learn how well-defined retention policies create shared clarity around what to keep, what to defensibly dispose of, and why it matters, reducing data sprawl, operational friction, and risk at scale.

Beyond operational efficiency, clean information governance plays a critical role in protecting organizations against today’s most pressing threats. As cyber incidents continue to disrupt both public and private sector organizations, minimizing unmanaged data directly reduces exposure, accelerates response, and limits downstream legal, regulatory, and financial impact. The session also connects these governance fundamentals to long term readiness, showing how disciplined retention and defensible disposition not only support AI initiatives but establish the resilient data foundation required to withstand cyber events and adapt confidently to what comes next.

Speaker

David Quackenbush, Morae