Tag: privacy

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Dr. Olav Laudy. “We want to predict -X-.” Fill in any desirable topic on the location of the X and you have the formulation of a use-case in the way many companies today think about analytics use-cases. In order of increasing probability of success of such use-cases: X equals the winning lottery number, the future price of crude oil, windows falling from high-rise buildings (not kidding; actual use-case) and finally, a customer buying a mortgage. This post deals with understanding the importance of the use-case identification. The word ‘identification’ here hints ... Read More

Feed: Cloudera Engineering Blog » Hadoop. Author: Christophe Bisciglia. For the last few months, we’ve been working with the TVA to help them manage hundreds of TB of data from America’s power grids. As the Obama administration investigates ways to improve our energy infrastructure, the TVA is doing everything they can to keep up with the volumes of data generated by the “smart grid.” But as you know, storing that data is only half the battle. In this guest blog post, the TVA’s Josh Patterson goes into detail about how Hadoop enables them to conduct deeper analysis over larger data ... Read More

Feed: Planet DB2 Author: Data and Technology Who owns data? This is a complex question that can’t be answered quickly or easily. It requires some thought and you have to break things down in order to even attempt to answer it. First of all, there is public data and private data. One could say that public data is in the open domain and available to everyone. But what makes data public? Is data you post on Facebook now public because it is available to anyone with a browser or the Facebook app? Well, probably not. It is available only to ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple - One source. Many perspectives.. Author: Baiju NT. Ready or not Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect May 2018, and naturally we’d prefer that you’re ready for this. The GDPR will become the EU’s primary data protection law and is a replacement to the 1997 Data Protection Directive (“Directive”). There are a few reasons why the GDPR has arrived at the perfect moment. The Directive is 20 years old now, and the technology landscape has changed. Information technology is integrated with everyday life. However, as a directive, this also meant that it ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL. Author: Mike Frank. Often databases contain data that needs to be proven as valid and authentic. We want to ensure that a known person or other sender (e.g. a trusted app) of the information can’t deny content, nor that the content can change without that person (senders) consent. In this blog post we’re going to look closer at a method to use to verify data is authentic by implementing digital signing to support “validation” of data.  Using this method you can check and detect unauthorized changes. Problem – Prevent/detect unauthorized data changes within MySQL ecosystem Access Controls can’t keep ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Tom Keane. We are excited to announce that Azure Government services are now available through the Cloud Solution Provider program (CSP). The CSP program enables partners to make Microsoft Cloud services part of their customer offerings, expanding U.S. government customer options in meeting their mission goals. With the CSP program, partners can now create high-value service offerings that combine use of Azure Government with solution management, customer support, and billing to U.S. government customers. The security, privacy, compliance and transparency of the Azure Government platform give U.S. government partners the right foundation for meeting regulatory ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Alice Rison. Microsoft is here to help Please have a look at our white paper How Microsoft Azure Can Help Organizations Become Compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation to gain an understanding of how your organization can use currently available features in Azure to optimize your preparation for GDPR compliance. We are here to help you with your compliance efforts in the face of the coming EU law. May 25, 2018: a new era begins for data privacy On this date in a little less than a year, the new European Union (EU) ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple - One source. Many perspectives.. Author: Baiju NT. One of the trending tools modern businesses use for optimizing workflows, finding new markets and efficiently advertising products is big data analytics: a process that involves large information sets and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in order to obtain desired patterns and trends. For those who followed the hype of big data analytics, changes in systems and procedures will follow this year in order to comply with the General Data Protection Law (GDPL) which will come into effect in May 2018. GDPR is a ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Abhas Ricky. Data is to this century what oil was to the previous one—a driver of growth and change, according to the Economist. Flows of data have created new infrastructure, new businesses, new monopolies, new politics, and—crucially—new economics. As rapidly as data is becoming the lifeblood of the global economy, it also represents a decisive competitive edge. But with big data as a major asset, the flip side of the coin, data protection, must be also be taken into consideration. What Is the GDPR? Ensuring the security and confidentiality of critical corporate and customer ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Ronald van Loon. Organizations all over the EU must be aware by now that the Data Protection Act (DPA) will be changed into GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Some of these changes might cause some compliance issues but there’s an easy way to avoid any problems, by raising awareness. The more your staff and employees know about GDPR, the less chances you have, of ever violating the conditions of the reform. What is GDPR? GDPR gives customers control over their personal data, to modify, restrict or withdraw consent, and transfer data. For example, you decide ... Read More