Smart Nation can be undone by silly data habits

Singapore

LIVING in a world driven by technological advancements has its perks, especially since it has become a vital part of our lives. "Googling", along with various processes, have been made easy thanks to the availability of data.

It is often used to better ourselves at a business level on top of our personal endeavours. This has made data invaluable and it is evident in the way we use and store it.

However, saving data excessively for a rainy day can prove to be detrimental and can be also be seen as a sign of poor data management, putting us at the risk of impending cyber-attacks.

For the last seven years, the speed of data growth at the file level has grown by 39 per cent …