Advanced technologies enabled us to collect tons of data and use them for business purposes. Certain mobile apps collect users contacts, Facebook friends lists and log in locations. Same goes for social networks like Facebook, who store peoples likes and interests and use them for audience targeting on their ads platforms. Generally, companies often store big data on their … [Read more...] about Why Organizations Should Improve Their Big Data Security
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Big Data Management and Its Security Challenges
The benefits of big data, like always, keep on increasing. Individuals, organizations, government institutions, etc., that are eyeing a faster throughput, need large collections of data for predictive analytics. However, with growing volume and variety of data, challenges related to its management and security are being faced. Managing thousands of servers and hundreds of … [Read more...] about Big Data Management and Its Security Challenges
5 Cyber Risks Affecting the Internet of Things and How to Manage These Risks
The Internet of Things will offer organizations tremendous value and will provide consumers with fantastic benefits. However, the Internet of Things also comes with a wide variety of cyber risks that could harm organizations and consumers who work with the IoT. To protect your organization from these cyber risks, you should have the right data governance procedures in place to … [Read more...] about 5 Cyber Risks Affecting the Internet of Things and How to Manage These Risks
Why Trust and Data Breaches Don’t Get Along
If you want to retain the trust of your customers, you better make sure that you don't have any data breaches. As this infographic, developed by Gemalto, shows, data breaches have a significant impact on consumer trust, loyalty and the perception of how seriously companies take the security of customers' personal and financial data. According to the survey "nearly two-thirds … [Read more...] about Why Trust and Data Breaches Don’t Get Along
Why Humans Are the Weakest Link with Data Breaches
The recent TalkTalk data breach is going to be an expensive data breach. It seams that the British Internet Service Provider will have to spend 35 million pounds on recovery measurements. Although that is a lot of money, it is better than going bankrupt as happened to the Dutch security firm Diginotar after being hacked in 2011. Being hacked is a threat for any organization … [Read more...] about Why Humans Are the Weakest Link with Data Breaches
