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Collection and exfiltration
Data being gathered or moved. This is where a security incident becomes a disclosure obligation.
This is where a security incident becomes a disclosure obligation. What the data was matters as much as how it left.
What this does not establish
- Whether anything left. Staging is preparation, and often the last step you see.
- What was in the archive. A file name is not an inventory.
- Whether it is the only copy staged. Look for the others.
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Identify what was collected and from where
- Source paths name the data owner; the archive name does not.
- Shares, mailboxes and databases each carry a different obligation.
- Preserve the staged file before anything deletes it.
- Start the timeline now: every action, who took it, when.
- A misdirected email or a lost device is a loss too; same obligations, different response.
- Look for other staging: the same archive name or tool on other hosts.