When big data began getting corporate attention in the late 2000s, the idea of data privacy was considered lavish and exotic. The public was less concerned about securing their data assets and was only fascinated by the fact that the interconnected digital world would change their lives forever. As we soon step into 2023, the […]
How Data Privacy Affects the Midterm Elections
Until fairly recently, I was considered somewhat of a data privacy watchdog by my family and friends. I have all my privacy settings set to the max, I don’t download shady apps, no matter how popular they may be, and I am mistrustful of most requests for my personal data. But my behavior was the […]
Data Lineage and Data Quality: How They Intersect
The intersection of data lineage and Data Quality helps provide more accurate and useful information. Data Quality represents the accuracy of data. Internet businesses need good Data Quality to operate efficiently. Unfortunately, there can be obstacles in gathering, storing, and maintaining high-quality data. The use of data lineage can help eliminate those Data Quality obstacles by providing […]
Big Data, Big Responsibility
By now, we’ve probably all heard that “every company is a tech company” after the evolution of where and how we work in the previous few years. However, if every company is a tech company, what has become of what we traditionally think of as technology companies? Just as every company has become reliant on technology […]
How Data Privacy Regulations Can Affect Your Business
The importance of consumer data can never be underestimated from a business perspective. It can help identify where a company can grow and improve and highlight any gaps in the service offering. This collection of valuable data has been made harder due to stricter data privacy regulations and a reluctance among consumers to allow their information to […]
Why Just Collecting More and More Data Is No Longer Productive
A decade back, when the big data trend began, the mantra was to collect more and more data — then glean insights from it to better understand consumer behavior, market trends, and demand. Even today, big data is key to better decision-making and operational excellence; however, two phenomena challenge the notion of “collect as much […]
How Zero-Party Data Can Build Consumer Trust
In 2020, Forrester Research came up with a phrase that’s since become a buzzword among many marketers: zero-party data. Essentially, zero-party data is information that individuals proactively and freely supply to companies, so it’s reliable and meaningful. By contrast, first-, second-, and third-party data are not proactively provided by the individual to the company that is requesting […]
Data Governance Trends and Dreams
Four years ago, in a fit of naivete, I decided to write a book about Data Governance. I wasn’t naïve about Data Governance – I was naïve about what that book would bring about. But, first, some background. After I left my corporate gig, I did a state-of-the-state in the data industry to get a broader understanding […]
Four Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Cloud Data Security Tool
The cloud was the driving force behind much of the digital transformation sparked by COVID-19. Public cloud applications and services allowed enterprises to support employees as they shifted to a fully remote workforce, and now many major components of day-to-day business are on the cloud. In fact, the cloud market is projected to amount to $832.1 billion […]
Are Verifiable Credentials Paving the Way for Reinforced Digital Privacy?
Whether we’re booking a flight or shopping online, we must go through multiple authentication processes to prove our identity. And that’s quite important from an infosec perspective. However, proving our identities doesn’t necessarily need to be a complicated process, as the slightest bit of friction in authentication could be the reason for customers to switch […]