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Data Lifecycle Management for the AI Era: Retain Purposefully. Delete Intelligently.

The rise of AI has turned data sprawl from a storage problem into a business risk. As generative AI, large language models, and evolving regulations reshape how data is handled, organizations need more than basic cleanup – they need intelligent, automated control across the full data lifecycle.

BigID is redefining what’s possible with the launch of the industry’s first end-to-end Data Lifecycle Management solution — built to tackle AI data sprawl, minimize risk, and future-proof compliance.

Why It Matters: AI Is Fueling a New Data Problem

AI systems thrive on data. But without proper lifecycle management, organizations risk feeding LLMs redundant, sensitive, or obsolete data, creating new attack surfaces, compliance gaps, and exposure.

Regulators are taking note. With stricter global mandates around retention and deletion, the pressure is on to control data from creation to destruction — and prove it.

That’s where BigID comes in.

The First and Only End-to-End Approach

BigID’s new solution goes beyond static policy suggestions or siloed tools. It delivers an integrated, intelligent framework to manage data at every stage – all within the BigID Next platform.

What’s New:

  • Automated Retention Policies: Align data retention with compliance and business needs through intelligent, policy-based controls.
  • Risk-Based Cleanup: Automatically surface and eliminate redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) data – reducing exposure and cost.
  • Native Deletion: Don’t just flag data — delete it. Take action directly across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
  • AI Risk Reduction: Prevent AI from surfacing or training on the wrong data by proactively eliminating ROT and sensitive data.
  • AI-Powered Insights: Make smarter decisions with AI and ML-driven classification, risk scoring, and actionable recommendations powered by BigID’s AI.
  • One Platform: Manage the full lifecycle without manual effort or multiple point solutions.

The Business Impact: Cut Cost, Reduce Risk, Prove Compliance

BigID’s Data Lifecycle Management solution isn’t just a governance tool — it’s a business enabler. By eliminating ROT data, automating policy enforcement, and preventing sensitive data from being exposed to AI systems, organizations can:

  • Lower Storage & Infrastructure Costs: Reduce your data footprint by automatically cleaning up what’s redundant, obsolete, or trivial.
  • Minimize Risk Exposure: Proactively reduce the chances of data leakage, AI misuse, or regulatory violations by removing stale or sensitive data.
  • Simplify Compliance & Audit Readiness: Automate retention and deletion policies to align with global mandates and streamline reporting.
  • Drive Operational Efficiency: Replace manual cleanup and fragmented point tools with one seamless, automated platform.

Legacy approaches to data cleanup won’t cut it in an AI-first world. With BigID, organizations can take action, not just observe, and finally bring retention and deletion under one intelligent, unified roof.

Want to learn more? Schedule a 1:1 with one of our BigID experts today!

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