Data-at-Rest

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Data-at-Rest refers to data stored on a device or backup medium in any form. It is data at rest is inactive data not currently being transmitted across a network or actively being read or processed and is in a stable state. It is not traveling within the system or network, and it is not being acted upon by any application or the Central Processing Unit (CPU).

Note: Data at Rest needs to be covered by a dataretentionpolicy.Source: Data at Rest