In August 2021, 4.3 million people quit their jobs, which amounts to 2.9% of the American workforce. Many workers quit to pursue job opportunities that offer higher pay, flexible hours and hybrid or fully remote work. As many Americans pursue new jobs and organizations experience higher employee turnover rates, there's an increasing amount of pressure on organizations to protect their data, making successful data governance increasingly vital. The following are key policies for protecting and governing data amidst workforce volatility.

Implement Cloud Applications

As a result of increased remote work, organizations are using cloud applications for many corporate technology needs. Cloud storage, including Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive, are becoming especially crucial to replace the functions of beefy desktop hard drives and network file servers. It is important to embrace solutions where administrator accounts have higher-order access and can implement granular security policies on users and overall data footprints to minimize losses.