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ECO-DAT-DATA-015

Name: Shadow data stores outside governance

Category: DAT

Family: DATA

Primary layer: data

System layers: data

Description

Unofficial copies create duplicated storage and compliance risk.

Impact

  • confidence: 0.75
  • notes: Often discovered during audits.
  • type: cost

Detection

  • languages:
  • org
  • method: hybrid

Remediation

  • guidance: Inventory data stores; establish canonical sources and policies.
  • tradeoffs: Political and organizational effort.

Pattern examples

No pattern examples provided.

Remediation examples

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