Glossary: Business Risk, Third Parties and Compliance
Data residency
Also written: data location
The physical place where data is stored. Some laws and customers require it to stay in a given country, which is why Alex insists Ridgeline's backups stay in the US.
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
JurisdictionGeographyCross-border data transferCLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act)