Size isn’t everything. Big data may be about storing terabytes or petabytes of information but it is also about complexity, and complexity often brings security challenges. Are you ready to handle them?
Right now, someone in a marketing or finance role somewhere in your organisation is probably putting together a big data proposal, and if they aren’t it won’t be long before they think of it.
Beyond using a strong password to access a database, they probably have no idea of the security burden it will bring. That means the security part is down to you.
Here are some of the things you will have to think about to ensure that the business gets the data insights it wants, without also getting a truckload of unwanted legal headaches and headlines in the press.
via Make sure big data doesn’t land you in big trouble • The Register.
