Why endpoint data is so critical to corporate investigations
While offices worldwide are beginning to reopen, many employees are continuing to work remotely. And some form of remote work will no doubt remain long after “business as usual” returns. During their time out of office, remote workers gained greater freedom and flexibility, but businesses incurred greater risk. When employees worked at company headquarters, they all used the same protected …
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Toe the line: harness data lineage to drive business success
With data growing exponentially in volume and technology continuously evolving, organizations are now finding themselves inundated with an overwhelming amount of information to manage. Without an effective data management solution in place, this situation often leads to countless hours spent trying to reconcile pervasive poor-quality data, inaccurate reporting and lack of compliance for many organizations. Business leaders are now recognizing …
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Security staff still underestimate the likelihood of data breaches
Despite most organizations (81 percent) suffering a data breach in the past twelve months, cybersecurity experts still downplay the likelihood of a breach. This is according to a new report from IT giant VMware, based on a poll of more than 3,500 CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, which states that roughly half (56 percent) of respondents fear a material breach will …
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Quality data is the bedrock to true business intelligence
As with everything nowadays, the Business Intelligence (BI) industry is expanding and evolving at a rapid pace – by 2022, Reuters expects the global revenue of BI to be worth $29.48 billion. The rising volume of data available to businesses means that they are constantly evaluating their collection and understanding process of data to serve customers or target markets better. …
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Why unlocking digital transformation through modern active/active data infrastructures is a gamechanger
Over the past twelve months, we have seen an acceleration of digital transformation like never before. And it shows no sign of stopping. Businesses are driving digital programs that reduce the need for physical presence or human intervention. We are seeing a whole new layer of vital business continuity that strengthens systems enabling them to handle unprecedented human and technical …
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UK leads the way when it comes to using HR data
When it comes to gathering employee data and drawing meaningful insights from it, UK businesses are faring a lot better than their European counterparts. This is the conclusion of a new report published by HR and payroll specialists SD Worx. Polling 1,382 European companies on their HR practices, SD Worx found that a quarter (26 percent) of EU businesses have …
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Nearly half of firms aren’t reporting data breaches
New figures from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suggest many British firms aren’t reporting data breaches in a timely manner, as is required per General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company recently polled 500 decision-makers from the UK and found that less than half (42 percent) of those that had fallen victim to a data breach reported it to the relevant authority, …
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Many firms set to shift from big to small and wide data
Gartner believes it’s time for a shift in the direction data-hungry, AI-powered organizations are taking. Its latest report, “Top Trends in Data and Analytics for 2021: From Big to Small and Wide Data,” states that by 2025, almost three-quarters (70 percent) of organizations will shift their focus from big data, to small and wide data. That way they’ll be able …
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Most customer data at the app layer is not safe at all
Many businesses understand the importance of protecting data at the application layer but only do so for data that’s at rest. In-use data, on the other hand, is often unprotected, placing such businesses at unnecessary risk. This is according to a new report from Entrust, published together with application-level protection company Prime Factors. Polling 600 IT professionals in both the UK …
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Most executives still don’t know how to get the most out of their data
Most executives know that data is important and that it can help them make better decisions and drive better business outcomes. However, not everyone knows how to put their data to use. This is according to a new report from data integration and integrity firm Talend, which claims that, despite the importance of data, 78 percent of leaders face challenges …
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