Tag: privacy

Feed: Blog. Author: Ron Huizenga; ER/Studio Data Architect contains extensive metadata for all constructs utilized in the models and data dictionaries, whether used in logical modeling, physical modeling, or both. This includes names, descriptions, comments, datatypes, lengths and a myriad of additional properties. However, organizations often wish to define and create additional metadata to further define and classify model objects. This can be for a variety of reasons, but often it is to enable data governance. ER/Studio handles this through a construct called attachments. Attachments can be used to define additional properties for virtually any construct within data models and ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. Whatever your industry, data is central to how organizations function. When we discuss data strategy with customers, it’s often in the context of how do they ingest, store, process, analyze, distribute, and ultimately secure data.Amazon EMR is a managed Hadoop framework that you use to process vast amounts of data. One of the reasons that customers choose Amazon EMR is its security features. For example, customers like FINRA in regulated industries such as financial services, and in healthcare, choose Amazon EMR as part of their data strategy. They do so to adhere to strict regulatory ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Zehra Ali. Biometric authentication is the latest, shiniest toy for large tech companies, especially among manufacturers of smartphones. Technology like fingerprint sensors, iris scans, facial image recognition and voice recognition used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies. But now, thanks to companies like Apple, biometric recognition systems (especially finger scanning), are directing modern smartphones into miracles of ease and suitability. A finger touch can easily unlock a phone without the requirement of a password. A simple fingerprint touch can help you in paying bills, buying groceries, and transfer hundreds worth of money. However, ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: David Schmidt; Apple has long touted the security of the operating system running its products. By praising iOS devices for integrated software and hardware, Apple created a narrative that users believe. As tempting as it is to trust your iPhone’s security out of the box, it’s important to take extra measures to ensure your data is safe. There’s a downside to locking down your iPhone, though. The more actions you take to protect it from security threats, the more cumbersome your experience using it can become. It’s up to you to decide the extent of safeguards you’re ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Amy DeMartine. Each year at our Privacy and Security Forum events, we run a session called Hackers Versus Executives.  In this session, we ask a hacker to cause mayhem and then stop at different points in the attack to ask executives what their responses are.  This year we attacked applications including containerized and serverless applications.  Two months ago we closed our London event with our Hackers Versus Executives session.  As a throw back, here’s a look at my top 10 favorite responses our executives gave both in London and Washington D.C. (Note: at times, responses ... Read More

Feed: Blog. Author: mryan; New to ER/Studio Data Architect, and just joined the IDERA Community. Have a question about using ER/Studio to import data from Excel into the Data Dictionary's Compliance Mapping, Privacy Level, and Security Impact. But do not even know how to use the Community to ask that question. Where in the Community screens does a person go to ask a question. I did not see anything that seemed obvious to me about what to click on to ask a question. I poked around and finally under Blog saw a button named +New. Clicked that. That then displayed ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Kayleigh Alexandra. The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to be a transformative technology. As the inevitable result of boundless possibilities of the internet, it will generate and employ a vast sea of rich data on anything and everything that can be connected to a digital system — further dissolving the boundary that separates the online and offline worlds.This connected future is realistically unavoidable (it’s already happening, after all). But it’s still some way off. And it’s an exciting time for startups willing to plan ahead. They can take some time to explore and ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Adam Famularo. This past year witnessed a data governance awakening – or as the Wall Street Journal called it, a “global data governance reckoning.” There was tremendous data drama and resulting trauma – from Facebook to Equifax and from Yahoo to Marriott. The list goes on and on. And then, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, with many organizations scrambling to become compliant.So what’s on the horizon for data governance in the year ahead? We’re making the following data governance predictions for 2019: Top 10 Data Governance Predictions for 2019 1 ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; As the second best in our VPN reviews, NordVPN is clearly a favorite here at Cloudwards.net. It has taken a spot in several guides, including the best VPN for New Zealand and the best VPN for Russia, thanks to its excellent security and vast server network. Private Internet Access is no slouch, either. It put up a good fight against our top-rated provider, ExpressVPN, in our ExpressVPN vs PIA comparison. Like NordVPN, it took a spot in a few guides, too, most notably the best VPN for Sweden and the best VPN for Spain. Both ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. A guest post by Tim Rains, Security and Compliance Leader for EMEA, Amazon Web ServicesWhen it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there’s still ambiguity and uncertainy in the industry about how to effectively comply with it and how aggressive enforcement of it will be. Some organizations have made progress towards compliance despite this, while others have taken a “wait and see” approach. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dob Todorov, the CEO of HeleCloud, an AWS Partner. HeleCloud helps AWS customers with, among other things, ... Read More