An article in The Washington Post called “A Shift Away From Big Data” chronicled several corporations that are actually deleting their most sensitive data files rather than saving them. This is counterintuitive to today’s collect-it-all data-heavy landscape.

However, enterprises are looking to own their encryption keys and protecting  their metadata privacy. Plus, there is a growing concern that American-based companies are more vulnerable to government requests than offshore businesses.

You can read more on IBM’s SecurityIntelligence.com blog here.