--- title: "Data Retention 101: How to Create a Data Retention Program" description: Knowing the data you have — and the risks associated with it — is the foundation of any data retention program. --- [![bigid-logo](https://home.bigid.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bigid-logo-horizontal-white-l-600.png?width=600&height=314&name=bigid-logo-horizontal-white-l-600.png "bigid-logo")](https://www.bigid.com) # Data Retention 101: How to Create a Data Retention Program Companies aiming to avoid violations and strengthen customer trust need to define, manage, and remediate data retention policies across the business. Knowing the data you have — and the risks associated with it — is the foundation of any data retention program. BigID catalogs, classifies, and correlates identity and entity data into profiles that you can access through a centralized and easy-to-use interface. Download the whitepaper to learn how BigID's data retention app can help your organization: - Create data retention policies for data aging - Access report findings by data sources - Send high-risk data to remediation workflows - Manage policy violations - Operationalize policies across the organization ### Download the Whitepaper - [Terms](https://bigid.com/terms/) - [Privacy Policy](https://bigid.com/privacy-policy/) - [Cookies](https://bigid.com/cookies/) - [Support](https://bigid.force.com/support/login) - [info@bigid.com](mailto:info@bigid.com) - - - - -