Big Data Security Series Part 3: How to Run Analytics on Protected Data

In the past two posts we discussed how data is everywhere, but security isn’t and we explored the reasons why it’s so tough to protect BDA environments. So how can we protect data in these complex environments and be compliant? How can… Continue reading Big Data Security Series Part 3: How to Run Analytics on Protected Data

Big Data Security Series Part 2: How Hard is it to Secure Big Data?

Survey says: exceedingly difficult.
But why?
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How much organizations are investing in analytics and why

Despite 94% of organizations believing data and analytics is important to their digital transformation and business growth, most are not enabling a data-driven culture, according to MicroStrategy. Data-deprived employees Compared to executives and mana… Continue reading How much organizations are investing in analytics and why

How identifying bogus checks at M&T Bank is a lot like hunting cybercriminals

It turns out the crimes of yesteryear are being thwarted with some of the same tools that stop today’s criminal activity. Until recently, the process of detecting check fraud at M&T Bank involved a team of 15 employees who manually looked through physical checks or scanned documents, trying to trace how scammers had attempted to fleece the financial institution. For M&T, it could take up to 900 man-hours to investigate a check-fraud campaign, according to chief information security officer David Stender. “In the typical old-school check fraud world you’d look at hundreds and hundreds of checks until you found the one that was fake,” he says. “People still rob banks. Even if it doesn’t yield much money anymore, they still do it. And people still write bad checks.” High-profile financial crimes these days typically include some breakdown in cybersecurity, like business email compromise, ATM jackpotting attacks, or fraudulent money transfers made possible by advanced malware. […]

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A Torrid Affair: Data Analytics and Data Protection

Friends with Benefits or Deadlocked Foes?
With the rapid expansion of data analytics frameworks and technologies, the ability to mine and gain customer insights from datasets has never been easier. Creative analytics are used to power everything f… Continue reading A Torrid Affair: Data Analytics and Data Protection

Analytics and automation solutions to help contact center IT staff ensure compliance

91% of of contact center IT staff believe increasing contact center compliance software investment should be considered a priority in the next year. 83% of contact center professionals also said their organization’s efforts towards customer privacy and… Continue reading Analytics and automation solutions to help contact center IT staff ensure compliance

How to End the Tug of War Between Data Analytics and Data Security

Data analysts want access to large volumes of data because, generally speaking, the bigger the sample size, the more accurate the predictions. One of the biggest thorns in the side of data analysts is when your organization has a big fat set of da… Continue reading How to End the Tug of War Between Data Analytics and Data Security

Big Data Analytics: the Top 3 Security and Compliance Challenges of 2019

There is an incredible number of people, devices, and sensors that generate, communicate, and share data. Analyzing this data gives organizations the ability to gain customer insights, develop better applications, and improve efficiency and effect… Continue reading Big Data Analytics: the Top 3 Security and Compliance Challenges of 2019

Splunk to exit Russian market amid growing government scrutiny

Security analytics provider Splunk no longer will do business in Russia, the company announced Monday in a blog post that may have created more questions than it answered. “Splunk is continually evaluating where we are investing and focusing our company resources,” the San Francisco-based firm said. “As part of this ongoing evaluation, we have decided Splunk will no longer be selling software and services to organizations in Russia — either directly or through partners.” The shift also includes ending opportunities with technical partners, resellers, distributors, and vendors, according to the announcement. Splunk intends to fulfill customer support obligations under existing contracts but will not expand or renew orders, it said. Splunk did not include specific details about what led to its decision. The company did not immediately respond to a request for more information from CyberScoop. The timing of the announcement comes amid growing Russian government scrutiny of foreign companies, […]

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NEW Data Analytics Courses

Phoenix TS has added new Data Analytics courses to our public schedule. These five courses will help you increase your knowledge and skills to become a Big Data Expert! What is Data Analytics? Data analytics is the practice used to examine data sets. U… Continue reading NEW Data Analytics Courses