Moving from predictive to data prescriptive analytics
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As federal agencies grapple with increasing demands to meet the government’s Federal Data Strategy and various data privacy and security regulations, the need for data transparency and traceability has taken on greater importance. The patchwork of traditional agency systems and applications, however, is no longer …
How to Handle Semi-Structured Data
The world has seen an explosion in data with an incredible amount of data being produced every single day (2.5 quintillion bytes, an almost incomprehensible number). Much of this data is semi-structured or unstructured data, stemming from the content produced on social media platforms in …
The Importance of Data Destruction in Your Business’ Data Management Protocols
Businesses are increasingly becoming dependent on technology, a situation that has led to the creation of a lot of digital data. Ensuring data destruction is carried out to the highest standards is essential for businesses, government agencies, and individuals who deal with sensitive data. In …
Cloud Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Lake
Since the COVID-19 crisis began, IT budgets have become tighter, driving technology leaders to figure out ways to do more with less. Data-driven enterprises cannot simply afford to sunset data modernization or data analytics projects. In times like this, several industry verticals (insurance, financial services, …
The Best Ways to Organize Your Data Structures
Data hubs, data lakes and data warehouses are all significant areas of investment for data and analytics leaders to support increasingly complex, diverse and distributed data workloads. Gartner research found that 57% of data and analytics leaders are investing in data warehouses, 46% are using data hubs and 39% …
Adopting a Data-Driven Post-COVID World
Building a data-driven culture isn’t easy, but it’s important. If some government agencies were taking small steps toward digital transformation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus certainly accelerated movement in that direction. The global spread of the virus has ushered …
Why businesses need to focus on cybersecurity
The world is currently experiencing constant change with. The phrase ‘unprecedented times’ has been said so often in the last few months, its already becoming somewhat cliché. Amidst the economic and social uncertainty unleashed by the pandemic and forced changes to personal lives and professional …
Why AI is Crucial to Cyber Security
When you think of AI (artificial intelligence), the first thought you may have is in regards to games, recreation, and futuristic robots. After all, AI is the next big thing in virtual video games, taking “reality” to a whole new level. However, AI is so …
FBI warns of disruptive DDoS amplification attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert warning private sector organizations in the United States about a ramp-up in the use of built-in network protocols for large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) amplification attacks. “A DDoS amplification attack occurs when an attacker sends a …
Ransomware: Your biggest security headache refuses to go away
Ransomware attacks have been with us for decades: Here’s why they will continue to create chaos for years to come. Ransomware has been around for more than three decades, so it’s hardly an unexpected threat. And yet, organisations large and small are still being taken completely …
