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
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35 Metrics You Should Use to Monitor Data Governance
How do you know if your efforts are working or are you treading water and getting nowhere? Data Governance (DG) is the most difficult area of the business to work in (in my view). When all is working and no issues are causing problems, your efforts go unnoticed. When issues arise and things go wrong Data Governance is the first area to blame processes dont work, you are not … [Read more...] about 35 Metrics You Should Use to Monitor Data Governance
5 Easy Steps to Embed Big Data in Your Business
For many organisations, it is still difficult to understand what Big Data is and how it should be incorporated into their business. This is quite understandable, as Big Data offers such radical and disruptive new possibilities as well as requires a dramatic cultural change for many organisations. The past weeks I have been thinking a lot about this and how this process could be … [Read more...] about 5 Easy Steps to Embed Big Data in Your Business
Discovery Analytics: It’s Not Hacking, It’s R&D
I spend a lot of time these days talking with companies about the need for a formal approach to enabling what is often called discovery analytics or exploratory analytics. What I find is that many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what discovery analytics is all about. There is one analogy that I have found to be effective in getting people to better understand the … [Read more...] about Discovery Analytics: It’s Not Hacking, It’s R&D
The Advantages of Product Intelligence For Your Company
While the PR on Big Data suggests that it is the newest and holiest grail for strategists, marketers, product developers, and business decision-makers of all stripes, a new hybrid intelligence is emerging from the smoke and mirrors -- one that may be prove to be a little more practical and actionable: Product Intelligence. What makes Product Intelligence interesting to us as a … [Read more...] about The Advantages of Product Intelligence For Your Company
