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The Importance of Data Categorization In A

Threat-Filled Landscape

By Dr. Pragyansmita Nayak, Chief Data Scientist, Hitachi Vantara Federal

National security is amid a transformative journey driven by technological progress in more ways than
one. One of those ways has led Federal agencies, like the Department of Defense (DoD) to find
themselves at a critical juncture, where meticulous consideration of data location, storage, and
management is crucial for security and decision making. But while actively adopting architectures rooted
in data fabric or data mesh to fortify security and ensure authorized data accessibility, they simultaneously
grapple with the accumulation of vast volumes of data for various purposes, some of which may go
unused and thus never harnessed for a myriad of valuable insights before their value or utility starts
depreciating. The evolving landscape demands not just a forward-thinking approach to data
categorization and tagging but also strategic measures to address challenges such as data sovereignty,
redundancy, and the potential consequences of data decay.

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