Data storage has never been cheaper. But the downstream costs – data discovery, legal review and data breaches, to name just a few – have never been higher. If you don’t yet have a data remediation policy, this collection of stats, facts and references provides 92 reasons to start planning for one.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll get when you download this report.

Reason #2

By 2020, it is estimated the digital universe will reach 44 zettabytes (4,000 EB) of data.
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Reason #8

Total number of emails sent daily (2016): 210 billion.
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Reason #34

Eighty-nine percent of cyber-attacks involve financial or espionage motivations.
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Reason #46

The average total cost of a data breach is now $7.01 million (2016) in the US, up from $3.79 million in 2015.
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Reason #82

Median cost of e-discovery production per case (2012): $1.8 million
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