Welcome to the Dear Laura blog series! As I’ve been working to challenge the status quo on Data Governance – I get a lot of questions about how it will “really” work. I’ll be sharing these questions and answers via this DATAVERSITY® series. In 2019, I wrote the book “Disrupting Data Governance” because I firmly believe that […]
Tackling Data Breaches Through Information Security Systems
Click to learn more about author Sowmya Tejha Kandregula. While the terms “Data Security” and “Data Breach” have been around for a long time, they acquired a lot of traction a few years ago with the proposed implementation of data privacy regulations like the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and California Customer Protection Act (CCPA). By […]
Your Data Footprints: A Survival Guide for an Increasingly “Dataholic” World
Click to learn more about author Ram Sivasankaran. Would you willingly pay to own a device that constantly transmits information on your activity to the manufacturer? Would you provide details as private as your name, birthday, phone number, gender etc., to a service that makes that information publicly available? Would you bank with a financial […]
So Long, Ransomware: Organizations Brace for Cryptojacking
Click to learn more about author Samuel Bocetta. For companies of all sizes, digital data is often one of their most critical assets. As a result, information security needs to be a priority throughout the organization and not just within the IT team. Data breaches and cyberattacks can quickly infiltrate a network and cause significant […]
Cybersecurity Professionals Need to be Data Scientists Too
Cybersecurity practitioners don’t necessarily think of themselves as Data Scientists – but they should. In fact, most of them are already doing that work, even if they don’t recognize that the term applies to them. Securing the network and protecting the enterprise means that information security pros do everything from administrating servers and workstations in […]