IT staffs are faced with a variety of challenges that are in conflict: maintain or increase services levels, drive out costs and increase efficiency. One bad effect of the economy is termination and layoffs, which is an increased number of wrongful termination lawsuits. The only thing to do is make sure you retain everything for the correct period of time. Hardware-based archive solutions with retention and lock (WORM) capabilities like those from EMC, Permabit, and Nexsan can help provide a reliable chain of custody.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/a-recession-demands-retention