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Hadoop and the Encryption Mandate

In a perfect world, it would be a no-brainer to encrypt data housed in Hadoop. After all, a Hadoop cluster loaded with petabytes worth of customer data would appear a veritable honey pot of criminal goodness for hackers and other cyber ne'er-do-wells to exploit. However, the mandate to protect Hadoop-based data with strong encryption is not as clear as it might appear to be. Read more…

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