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Almost 65% of the nearly 300 international cybersecurity professionals canvased by Gurucul at RSA Conference 2020 said they access documents that have nothing to do with their jobs. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of respondents who experienced bad performance r… Continue reading Exploring the risky behavior of IT security professionals
By making better use of data, leading organizations had materially increased revenue and reduced operational costs, boosting profitability by an average of 12.5% of their total gross profit, according to a Splunk survey. The research study surveyed 1,3… Continue reading How to begin tapping the full value of your data
Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients. Continue reading Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK
When Google announced that it was acquiring data analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion, it was a big deal on a couple of levels. It was a lot of money and it represented the first large deal under the leadership of Thomas Kurian. Today, the company announced that deal has officially closed and Looker is […] Continue reading Google closes $2.6B Looker acquisition
Anti-virus company Avast said this week it will stop collecting and selling user data through a subsidiary following media reports and criticism from privacy advocates. The “data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond,” said Ondrej Vlcek, CEO of Avast, which boasts 435 million users worldwide. Avast had been collecting users’ web browser data and, through its subsidiary Jumpshot, using that data to sell analytics products to big multinational companies, according to a joint investigation from Vice’s Motherboard and PCMag. The investigation prompted U.S. senators to question Avast and the Federal Trade Commission over the program. It also reinforced broader concerns about the ability of big tech firms to collect and monetize user data. Founded in 2015, Jumpshot advertised its ability to closely track consumer habits across over more than 150 websites like Amazon and Netlflix. “I realize the recent […]
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Placer.ai, a startup that analyzes location and foot traffic analytics for retailers and other businesses, announced today that it has closed a $12 million Series A. The round was led by JBV Capital, with participation from investors including Aleph, Reciprocal Ventures and OCA Ventures. The funding will be used on research and development of new […] Continue reading Placer.ai, a location data analytics startup, raises $12 million Series A
In 2020, there will be greater adoption of Continuous Intelligence (CI) technologies, which will elevate IoT data analytics way beyond traditional operational levels and have a greater impact on strategic planning and organizational change, states ABI … Continue reading Trends that will shape the 2020 technology market
As data-centric security gain mainstream recognition for its ability to protect sensitive data from theft and malicious use, enterprises are faced with choosing a solution from an increasing array of options. However, not all solutions that claim … Continue reading 6 Things Every Big Data Security Solution Needs
The top 10 enterprise analytics trends to watch in 2020 have been announced by MicroStrategy in collaboration with analysts and influencers from Forrester, IDC, Constellation Research, Ventana Research and others. Deep learning delivers a competitive a… Continue reading Top enterprise analytics trends for 2020
Data analytics platform Splunk has told users to patch a flaw in the company’s platform that, starting next year, would cause all sorts of problems for people trying to read and search data. The problem lies in how the data is timestamped on Splunk, which ingests information from a variety of sources.Starting Jan. 1, unpatched “instances” of the Spunk platform won’t recognize data that is stamped with a two-digit year. The issue, which affects all iterations of the Splunk platform on any operating system, would mean that users won’t get accurate results when they query threat data for key information. “As this is a critical update, there is no option to defer it,” the San Francisco-based company said in an advisory released this week. To prevent those data problems, Users can download an updated version of the file that helps the platform process timestamps, tweak the file itself, or upgrade their platform altogether. […]
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