Data retention is a policy-driven process that sets how long specific categories of information must be preserved to satisfy legal, regulatory, and business requirements and identifies when that information must be securely destroyed. By contrast, data classification assigns sensitivity labels, logging records system and network events, and data destruction uses methods such as overwriting or shredding to render data unrecoverable.
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