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Unstructured data: The hidden threat in digital business

Information Management Resources

The narrow definition of 'structured data' leaves out a tremendous amount of data, referred to as unstructured data, and with that, potential liability when unaccounted for.

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US: As expected, California ballot initiative passes, significantly altering the California Consumer Privacy Act

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The CPRA adds new obligations on both businesses and service providers, adds some important new definitions, and creates new liability risks, while clarifying some operationally difficult aspects of the CCPA. Here are quick highlights of the sprawling and sometimes confusingly drafted 52-page initiative: New definitions.

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Can Machine Learning Defeat the Venerable Structured Template?

AIIM

If the form is standardized, giving the software the precise place to look for data will almost always result in better performance over alternatives such as rules-based approaches using keywords or patterns. The answer is: definitely. The result is a tremendous amount of upfront effort and a lot of maintenance.

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Data Modeling 301 for the cloud: data lake and NoSQL data modeling and design

erwin

For NoSQL, data lakes, and data lake houses—data modeling of both structured and unstructured data is somewhat novel and thorny. This blog is an introduction to some advanced NoSQL and data lake database design techniques (while avoiding common pitfalls) is noteworthy. Get a free trial of erwin Data Modeler.

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Do I Need a Data Catalog?

erwin

A data catalog uses metadata, data that describes or summarizes data, to create an informative and searchable inventory of all data assets in an organization. Business metadata is sometimes referred to as external metadata attributed to the business aspects of a data asset.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Tis the season — to take proactive measures to improve data governance

The Last Watchdog

Sadly, data breaches often occur at this time of year. Related podcast: The need to lock down unstructured data. What exactly makes data sensitive? Here’s a simple definition: if accessed by an adversary, would create a liability. Recently we’ve seen major news stories about breaches at Starwood Hotels and Quora.

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Data Disposition: What is it and why should it be part of your data retention policy?

AIIM

AIIM training provides us with the following definition: Disposition is the disposal of information that has come to the end of the information lifecycle. The retention schedule must apply to all the data in an organization’s possession, not just information officially classified as “records.” What is Disposition?

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