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storing.24.hours.of.video.you.would.be.at.capacity.in.about.
4.months.
Two.things.are.likely:.irst,.many.organizations.cannot.and.
will.not.afford.the.cost,.space,.and.resources.to.maintain.50.
terabytes. of. storage;. and. second,. many. organizations. will.
require.data.to.be.retained.for.longer.than.4.months,.espe-
cially.if.they.might.be.under.litigation.or.regulatory.constraints.
And.therein.lies.the.rub,.as.the.Bard.so.clearly.put.it.long.
ago.. The. data. are. often. very. important. for. legal. cases,. for.
understanding.trafic.patterns,.for.monitoring.eficiency.in.a.
workplace,.for.just.knowing.what.the.weather.is.at.your.inal.
destination,. or. for. many. other. uses.. So. how. do. we. handle.
this.proliferation.of.data?
Organizations. and. application. developers. came. up. with.
several.ways..There.are.applications.that.allow.you.to.deine.
the.speciic.time.frames.you.want.to.capture..There.are.oth-
ers.that.will.discriminate.between.times.of.activity.and.inac-
tivity.and.only.preserve.data.from.the.times.when.something.
is.going.on.in.the.video.frame..There.are.even.more.sophisti-
cated.and.“smart”.applications.that.are.able.to.discern.speciic.
patterns.of.behavior.or.types.of.activities.and.record.those.
Then,.there.are.many.tools.for.compression.of.those.data.
iles.as.well.as.storage.alternatives.that.allow.organizations.to.
store.that.data.off-site.with.archival.services,.either.in.physical.
tape.storage.or.as.online.or.cloud.services.
Once.again,.we.arrived.at.the.point.where.I.remind.you.to.
think.about.where.any.of.this.data.might.be.located.in.case.you.
need.to.access.it,.preserve.it,.or.look.through.it.for.any.reason.
For.instance,.imagine.you.work.in.an.organization.where.
the.physical.or.facility.security.staff.has.CCTV.cameras.located.
around.your.ofice.space..For.weeks.people.have.been.com-
plaining.that.their.lunches.have.been.gone.through.and.their.
apples.keep.disappearing.from.the.shared.kitchen.space.
Do.you.know.who.is.in.charge.of.your.security.staff?.Can.
you.contact.that.person.and.ask.him.or.her.to.begin.preserv-
ing.some.of.the.video.from.the.CCTV.cameras.closest.to.the.
kitchen?.This.is.not.only.a.practical.question,.it.may.be.a.legal.
