Schellman CEO Avani Desai on data discovery blind spots, shadow data risks, and compliance gaps
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Mirko Zorz
Summary
In this interview, Avani Desai (CEO of Schellman) discusses critical gaps in enterprise data discovery. She highlights how organizations overestimate their understanding of their own data, citing examples of shadow data in abandoned cloud storage, post-merger integration challenges caused by duplicated datasets, and the underappreciated value of confidential computing compared to overhyped synthetic data. Desai also notes that smaller companies often outperform large enterprises on compliance due to agility, and reveals a key question that exposes outdated data maps.
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bskySchellman CEO Avani Desai on data discovery blind spots, shadow data risks, and compliance gapshelpnetsecurity.comKey quotes
· 5 pulledThere's a gap between what organizations think they know about their data and what discovery scans turn up.
Shadow data in abandoned cloud storage is a major blind spot for most enterprises.
Smaller companies often beat large enterprises on compliance because they have less complexity and more agility.
Synthetic data is overmarketed while confidential computing stays underappreciated.
There's one question that gets executives to admit their data map is out of date.
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