Companies are drowning in data. This is a swelling trend that businesses have no choice but to act on, and security teams are likely to feel the greatest consequences moving forward. There are myriad shiny solutions and schools of thought that seek to make sense of the data influx, but leaders must first ensure the […]
The ABCs of Successful Digital Transformation
Modernizing and streamlining company processes to efficiently operate in today’s hybrid world has become critical. With promises of increasing revenue, providing improved experiences, and bringing innovation, it is no wonder that the market for digital transformation (DT) is predicted to grow to $3.4 trillion by 2026. As companies continue their quest toward successful digital transformation, leaders globally […]
Can Alternative Data Find Alternative Revenue for Your Business?
As international business moves inevitably toward a recession, many companies already entrenched in a bear market attitude are looking to expand the returns in their existing customer base. For some, this process may be akin to searching around the basement, rearranging precarious stacks of boxes while searching for that one forgotten shoebox labeled “rainy day […]
Key Components of a Successful Data Strategy
A successful data strategy generally requires the use of certain key components. Most businesses have invested in some form of Data Management, but all too often different sections of a business aren’t terribly well coordinated. A data strategy can be described as a dynamic process used to support the collection of data, its organization and […]
Using Emerging and Legacy Tech Together Raises Data Security Complexity
The World Economic Forum has released its Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 report, and it highlights how things have changed when it comes to data security and cybersecurity in general. It cites the inevitability of more cyber laws and regulations in view of more aggressive and sophisticated attacks, the need to regulate third parties that process data, […]
Database Management Best Practices
Database management best practices promote the efficient use of data throughout the organization. These practices support the collection and storage of quality data, as well as provide easy access to the data by the appropriate people. With today’s data growing in volume and becoming increasingly complex, the intelligent management of data has become a necessity. […]
Data Privacy Day Is Here – Why Organizations Should Care
Data Privacy Day is celebrated on January 28th each year in the United States, Canada, and 49 other countries in an international effort to raise awareness around data privacy. It is meant to commemorate the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first international, legally binding treaty surrounding data and privacy protection, but it is more impactful […]
Cyber Storage Resilience: How to Impact and Safeguard Data in 2023
All enterprise data ends up on storage systems, but if an enterprise storage solution does not have the cyber storage resilience to combat a cyberattack, the C-suite and the IT team are leaving the organization severely exposed. This realization is the trigger for what I see as the number one trend in data storage in 2023: making […]
How to Ensure Data Integrity in Your Organization
We are living in an era of data and analytics. It is the time when organizations are consuming, generating, modifying, and exchanging an insane amount of data. Now, failing to keep track of data that is being consumed, generated, modified, exchanged, or deleted within your organization can have a major impact on your business decisions. […]
How Data Privacy Regulations Impact Network Security
Network security uses physical and software security solutions to protect network infrastructure from unauthorized access, misuse, failure, alteration, disruption, or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data. Network security involves implementing security policies, procedures, and tools to prevent unauthorized persons and programs from accessing a network, connected devices, and network traffic. Network security applies to both public […]