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Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. The volume of confidential documents created daily is, frankly, incalculable, and the volume of “everything” distributed across multiple data centers around the world is much, much more. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth.

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Homomorphic Encryption Makes Real-World Gains, Pushed by Google, IBM, Microsoft

eSecurity Planet

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. The data is protected against cybercriminals as well as others who are not supposed to see it.

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A brief history of cryptography: Sending secret messages throughout time

IBM Big Data Hub

Most cryptosystems begin with an unencrypted message known as plaintext, which is then encrypted into an indecipherable code known as ciphertext using one or more encryption keys. This ciphertext is then transmitted to a recipient.

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ICO Publishes Summary of Responses to its Big Data Report

Hunton Privacy

On April 10, 2015, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published a summary of the feedback received from its July 28, 2014 report on Big Data and Data Protection (the “Report”). Assessing the impacts and benefits of big data analytics is important and plays a critical role in determining whether processing is fair.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

Sourcing teams are automating processes like data analysis as well as supplier relationship management and transaction management. Plus, blockchain transaction records are encrypted, making them incredibly difficult to hack or alter. Now, anyone can follow the full journey of a shrimp through the supply chain.

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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

Cybersecurity vendors competing in this nascent space, Salt Security among them, are ramping up their efforts to leverage Big Data and advanced analytics to meet a highly dynamic and complex security threat. Salt Security is taking a big data and automation approach to this monumental challenge, Isbitski told me.

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Does artificial intelligence mean artificial security?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Yes, we’re talking about big data and analytics. Data, analytics and AI go together like eggs, toast and coffee. Are your AI plans supported by an encryption strategy? The firm’s AI team says the software contains encryption. However, in this scenario where are the encryption keys? Who holds your data?