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Pulling the Threads of Big Security Data

New software from Exabeam promises to help security researchers spot malicious users by "pulling the threads" of big security data and thereby uncovering patterns that otherwise would be difficult to discern. The new Read more…

BlueTalon Delivers Fine-Grain Protection of HDFS Data

BlueTalon today announced that its big data security software now supports the enforcement of fine-grained authorization policies and masking of HDFS data. This will enable customers to control access to Hadoop data usin Read more…

As Big Data Goes Mainstream, Emphasis Shifts to ROI

Investment in big data technologies is slowing, a new forecast concludes, likely signaling a shift away from hype to a mainstream technology in search of new use cases such as shoring up data security in the face of cont Read more…

Security Survey: Huge Datasets Exposed Online

An estimated 1.1 petabytes of data related to a handful of databases, search engines and other caching technologies is exposed online, a data security startup reports. A key security flaw centers on default settings that Read more…

The Importance of Securing Big Data–The Numbers Don’t Lie

If you are using any sort of Big Data in your enterprise environment, you are no doubt concerned about securing that data. As more and more organizations are seeing the potential and utilizing the power of Big Data, they Read more…

Ex-Spy Contractor Immuta Eyes Enterprise Data

A data management startup focused on helping customers avoid the pitfalls of consolidating data has attracted $1.5 million in seed funding as the company looks to extend beyond government security contracts to address th Read more…

Crypto Tools Target Hadoop Security Gaps

Growing concerns about the lack of built-in security for open source databases such as Hadoop has created a need for tighter data security as these databases are scaled up to perform big data analytics. A data encrypt Read more…

Analytics Arms Race: Cards Accused of Hacking Astros’ Database

Baseball has thrived for decades on an early form of data analytics known as Sabermetrics. The reliance on data analysis has only grown in the years since Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics pioneered the use of statist Read more…

Security Concerns Extend to ‘Big Data Life Cycle’

The "datafication" of modern life is now measured in the quintillions of bytes of data generated by humans each day. The struggle to store, manage and retrieve the waterfall of data has also highlighted a growing list of Read more…

‘Data and Goliath’ A Portrait of Big Data Abuses

A new book by security expert Bruce Schneier is raising serious questions about the state of privacy in the big data age, and whether giving corporations and government access to the most intimate details of our lives in Read more…

Snowflake Differentiates Itself in Strata Startup Showcase

Snowflake Computing, a big data warehousing as a service provider, took home top honors at the Startup Showcase event held during last week's Strata + Hadoop World conference. The award is a boost to the Silicon Valley c Read more…

Big Data-Powered Authentication Gives Security a Much-Needed Boost

Trillions of dollars are at stake in the ongoing battle against cybercriminals and fraudsters. Whether it's Russian cybercriminals hacking into retail chains or a kid in New Jersey filing fraudulent claims, stolen creden Read more…

Hadoop Security: Still a Lot of Work to Do

Hadoop is quickly gaining momentum as the foundation for a new class of massively parallel applications that works against petabytes of data. But as customers grow their test clusters beyond a handful of nodes, and with Read more…

Intel Designs Secure Data Locker

In today's data-driven world, security and privacy are ever-present concerns. A new initiative from Intel, codenamed Reliance Point, aims to provide a safe way for organizations to blend their databases in order to facilitate analytics, without jeopardizing confidentiality. Read more…

Why UPS Can’t Have My Data, But FedEx Can

Not wishing to cart a truckload of gifts cross-country I made liberal use of Amazon and the like to acquire and ship a bevy to my holiday destination this past December. I then had the pleasure of playing holiday roulette: waiting with bated breath to determine what would arrive in time. Read more…

Dataguise Locks Down $13M for Big Data Security

Big data security company, Dataguise, announced today that they've added $13 million to their war chest in a Series B round of funding. The company, which offers an array of products for large scale databases, has been doubling down on their efforts to become the go-to vendor for Hadoop over the last two years. Read more…

Big Data Indexing: Addressing Business Risks Near You

Over the last 10 years, advanced hackers have moved from attacking government agencies to attacking businesses. Unwittingly, employees are being turned into ‘data mules’ for advanced threat actors.This requires a real-time big data approach to security. Here are five reasons why big data indexing systems will be embraced by security teams and the enterprise... Read more…

Cloudera Adds a Sentry to Their Stack

Cloudera, today, announced their newest addition to their solution stack, adding an authorization framework to Hadoop, called “Sentry,” which Cloudera says delivers advanced authorization controls to enable multi-user applications for SQL query engines, Apache Hive and Cloudera Impala. Read more…

Zettaset Puts Hadoop on Lockdown

The clock is ticking on Hadoop security. How could it be that a popular database frameworks such as Hadoop has come so far to challenge the old world relational database technologies with something as fundamental as security having been overlooked? And what should implementation managers consider as they examine solutions that come online? Read more…

The NSA, Big Data, and “Total Information Awareness”

Big data research is generally optimistic in its aims. From advancing personalized medicine or predicting airplane failure, many in the big data industry are seeing an ever-growing bevy of useful, helpful applications on the horizon. However, as Shane Harris... Read more…

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