Democratising AI

As technology has evolved to become more accessible (as it always does!), the power of AI has grown such that it can now be utilised and applied by a range of consumers, students, scholars and professionals. At Wolfram, we are accelerating this democratisation of AI by automating challenging parts of...

The path to Data Intelligence and a data-enabled organisation

In today’s digital world, you would be hard-pressed to find a successful company that disagrees with the view that data is important It seems new articles pop up weekly claiming how data has become one of the most valued commodities in the world. It’s true: treated as a strategic asset,...

Automated risk assessment tools are the future of data compliance

Privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD are requiring organizations to acquire consent in order to use their customers’ data for any purpose beyond the narrow one for which it was originally collected. Unless that data has been anonymized. How do organizations know if their data has been properly anonymized, and...

The future calls for sustainable data

To mark the European Cyber Security Month, Statice is meeting industry leaders across Europe to discuss the latest trends in data privacy, as well as the greatest challenges corporations are facing in the provision of data-driven products and services to consumers. A universal recognition of the privacy of personal information...

Challenges of Big Data in Cybersecurity

With some of the biggest data breaches in history having taken place in 2019 alone, it’s clear that cyber-attacks aren’t going to disappear any time soon. From the Capital One banking data breach affecting over 100 million customers to the major breach of Flipboard potentially affecting over 1 billion users,...

The ICO holds CEOs responsible, but the customer is the boss

Hefty fines mean data regulation and ethics, previously a specialist topic, is now being discussed at the highest level of organisations. Facebook, in particular, knows data protection authorities have claws, being fined $5bn last week by America’s Federal Trade Commission. Brought on by privacy violations linked to the Cambridge Analytica...

GDPR one year on – the EU’s leaving present to the UK

Since 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has dictated how organisations must record, share and process their customers’ personal data. Initially seen primarily as the realm of marketers and CRM administrators, the topic now permeates almost every business, having entirely changed the status quo on data protection....

Does it have to be called Data Governance?

This is a question that I get asked fairly regularly. After all it is not an exciting title and in no way conveys the benefits that an organisation can achieve by implementing Data Governance. Sadly however, there is no easy yes or no answer. There are a number of reasons...

Blueprint Series: A Platform for Freedom & Governance in the Cloud

Any enterprise seeking to create value from data has two conflicting and divergent objectives. On the one hand, cohorts of users and developers need to access data from multiple sources, to create analytics, dashboards, reports and apps. On the other hand, a responsible enterprise must secure, govern and define data...

Blueprint Series: Achieving Governance, Agility & Reduced Time to Value In An Increasingly Complex Data Landscape

In most organisations, the demand to analyse data continues to grow exponentially. New data from many new data sources are now being captured and new types of data stores are being created on multiple clouds as well as on-premise data centres. The result is that the data landscape is becoming...

UK Businesses Bullish with Data Governance

In the world of data governance, the only certainty is uncertainty. Headline regulations such as GDPR have been keeping CEOs up at night since 25th May 2018. However, while all are bound by GDPR’s legislation – none are more scared of ICOs wielding their newfound power than biggest organisations. Arguably...

GDPR Panel Debate

Data Governance Reimagined

Collaborative Data Governance GDPR is only the Beginning

SCALING A PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME FRAUD DETECTION WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

CONSISTENT SECURITY, GOVERNANCE AND FLEXIBILITY FOR ALL WORKLOADS – ON-PREMISES OR IN THE CLOUD

The growth of public cloud is reinforcing the need to think more carefully about taking a consistent approach to data governance as technology teams build out a flexible and agile infrastructure to meet the demands of the business. Join this session to learn more about Cloudera’s recommended approach for enterprise-grade...

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT FITS INTO YOUR DATA MANAGEMENT AGENDA?

AI VS. GDPR

THE CHANGING FACE OF DATA GOVERNANCE

MACHINE LEARNING DATA CATALOGUES FOR AMBIENT GOVERNANCE

Data Independence Day – Make data great again

The fourth of July saw millions of Americans celebrating independence. Independence from the laws and regulations of Europe, the most recent being the EU General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR. Most agree the GDPR is a great step in the right direction for Europe. While many imagine the EU...

The Data World Cup – Who will take it home?

The 2018 Fifa World Cup has kicked off in Russia, with the home team facing Saudi Arabia. Highly skilled players are coming to represent countries from around the globe, and every country has the chance to go home with the trophy. However, when it comes to the technology and data...

Facebook’s telling off – who’s next for the naughty step?

With the help of a booster-seat, Facebook sat very much under the media spotlight in April, while the way it used customers’ personal data was scrutinised. The pressure is still very much on Facebook at the moment, although we can be sure it’s not the only technology giant that’s been...

Big Data – How do you keep it secure?

Big data is a helpful tool for businesses but it does present security risks that firms need to address in order to keep their information and insights secure. Extremely large data sets that have become known as big data are proving to be invaluable tools for businesses worldwide, for both...