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OIG: VA Workers Hid ‘Big Data’ Project Privacy, Security Risks

Data Breach Today

Report on Canceled VA Project Offers Governance Lessons for Others The Department of Veterans Affairs’ watchdog agency alleges that two VA employees “concealed” and “mispresented” the cybersecurity and privacy risks of an ambitious "big data" project that would have analyzed 22 million veterans’ health records dating back two decades.

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MY TAKE: What if Big Data and AI could be intensively focused on health and wellbeing?

The Last Watchdog

The blue-sky mission is to bring modern data mining and machine learning technologies to bear delivering personalized services that ameliorate not just physical ailments, but also mental and even emotional ones. I had a lively discussion with Craig Hinkley, CEO of NTT Application Security , about the thinking behind this crusade.

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No Surprise: China Blamed for 'Big Data' Hack of Equifax

Data Breach Today

Analysis: Equifax Failed on Security, But Only Governments Can Hold Each Other to Account Who's surprised Chinese military hackers allegedly hacked Equifax?

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Who to Follow in 2019 for Big Data, Data Governance and GDPR Advice

erwin

With this in mind, the erwin team has compiled a list of the most valuable data governance, GDPR and Big data blogs and news sources for data management and data governance best practice advice from around the web. Top 7 Data Governance, GDPR and Big Data Blogs and News Sources from Around the Web.

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Trying to tackle Big Data: European Union launches draft Data Act

Data Matters

Complementing the above proposals, the Data Act is aimed at giving individuals and businesses more control over their data; it regulates data sharing between business to consumer ( B2C ), business to business ( B2B ) and business to government ( B2G ). See also here for our previous blog on this legislative proposal.

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Data Governance Makes Data Security Less Scary

erwin

The Regulatory Rationale for Integrating Data Management & Data Governance. Now, as Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close – and ghosts and goblins roam the streets – we thought it a good time to resurrect some guidance on how data governance can make data security less scary.

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Understanding Data Governance

IBM Big Data Hub

If you’re in charge of managing data at your organization, you know how important it is to have a system in place for ensuring that your data is accurate, up-to-date, and secure. That’s where data governance comes in. What exactly is data governance and why is it so important?