Businesses are continuously striving to leverage data-driven insights or competitive intelligence, the concept of developing an organizational “data culture” will gain prominence. Data and data analytics will continue to play key roles in global businesses of the future. According to the article Why Data Culture Matters: “Organizational culture can accelerate the application of analytics, amplify […]
CCPA: The 800-Pound Regulatory Gorilla
Click to learn more about author David Stills. Ready or not, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the hulking silverback of 800-pound gorillas, goes into effect January 1, 2020. How is CCPA like an 800-pound gorilla? The old joke asks, “Where does an 800-pound gorilla sit?” The answer is “Anywhere it wants to.” While CCPA […]
GDPR One Year Later: Where Do We Go Next?
Click to learn more about authors Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. Here we are one year later, and the dire predictions about the implementation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have not come to pass. If anything, the law has brought the issue of privacy to the forefront, and opened up a larger […]
How the GDPR is Going Global and How Businesses can Meet Emerging Regulatory Needs
Click to learn more about author Matt Hilbert. Since the GDPR came into effect in May 2018, it has helped trigger a wave of new data protection regulations across the world. From Brazil and Mexico to China and New Zealand, 16 countries have announced plans to introduce GDPR-style legislation, alongside the 28 current member states […]
Data Governance and Data Architecture: There is No Silver Bullet
In terms of a market perspective, Data Governance has increased in visibility partly because of the increase in security breaches, data security issues, and compliance requirements for various industry regulations. To secure and manage data properly, it helps to manage it at a higher level and know which of your data is sensitive in the […]
Data Governance vs. Master Data Management
“Data Governance is the creation of rules, the execution of those rules, and the adjudication of any violation of the rules,” remarked Frank Cerwin in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. He likened its structure to the three branches of the government: “The legislative branch makes the laws, the executive branch executes the laws, and the judicial […]
How to Get Your Board Members to Love Big Data
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. As folks in the technology business, we tend to see the best possibilities for emerging technologies; we can easily visualize how the latest and greatest can be used to make us more productive and profitable. Even when we’re hesitant to be the first to […]
Is it Time to Drain the Data Lake?
Click to learn more about author Karthik Ramasamy. It sounds appealing – easily store all of your data in a single location, where all of your users and applications can access it and put it to use. It’s no wonder that interest in data lakes rose rapidly at the same time hype around “Big Data” was […]
DSAR Automation: The Challenge of Operationalizing Personal Data Rights
Click to learn more about author Dimitri Sirota. Effectively responding to DSARs or Data Subject Access Requests is perhaps the most challenging aspect of complying with emerging privacy regulations such as GDPR and the impending California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Rooted in the concept that a person’s data belongs to them and not the organization […]
Io-Tahoe Releases Enhanced Smart Data Discovery Solution
A new press release states, “Io-Tahoe, a pioneer in smart data discovery and AI-driven data catalog products, in its efforts to continue to transform the data discovery market, today announced it has released the latest version of its Smart Data Discovery platform with enhanced PII and Sensitive Data Discovery capabilities. Leveraging Io-Tahoe’s advanced technology and […]