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Metadata is structured data about data, information that facilitates the management and use of other information. The function of metadata is to provide your users with a standardized means for access to digitized materials. However, it is not enough to use just any metadata standard. The post Metadata Best Practices appeared first on IG GURU. Archives IG News Information Governance Records Management Risk News Margot Note metadata MORE
Implementing the right metadata management solution can positively impact an organization’s data strategy to maximize data use and reuse. What are active metadata graphs? Active metadata graphs help enterprises break organizational and data silos to get to outcomes fast. MORE
Users Surprised By Metadata Collection, But Facebook Says It Always Asked Facebook is facing a new controversy after some users say they've found records of phone calls and text messages in their personal files, but claim they never granted the social networking site permission to collect the data MORE
One such tool is Metadata. Metadata offers significant benefits in terms of understanding information in new ways and in being able to leverage that intelligence to drive innovation and the customer experience. What is Metadata? What is the Business Value of Metadata? MORE
Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. What Is Metadata? Analyst firm Gartner defines metadata as “information that describes various facets of an information asset to improve its usability throughout its life cycle. Analyze metadata. MORE
Listen more closely and your network's metadata will surrender insights the bad guys counted on keeping secret MORE
Organization’s cannot hope to make the most out of a data-driven strategy, without at least some degree of metadata-driven automation. By implementing metadata-driven automation, organizations across industry can unleash the talents of their highly skilled, well paid data pros to focus on finding the goods: actionable insights that will fuel the business. Metadata-Driven Automation in the BFSI Industry. Metadata-Driven Automation in the Pharmaceutical Industry. MORE
To help you prepare for 2020, we’ve compiled some of the most popular data governance and metadata management blog posts from the erwin Experts from this year. The Best Data Governance and Metadata Management Blog Posts of 2019. erwin Expert Blog data governance metadata management MORE
Uncategorized academic papers metadata security analysisReally interesting research : “Exploitation and Sanitization of Hidden Data in PDF Files” Abstract: Organizations publish and share more and more electronic documents like PDF files. MORE
This is why metadata is essential. What is Metadata? Put simply; metadata is data about data. When applied correctly, metadata can provide essential aid in finding, protecting, and governing your company's information. MORE
CDRThief specifically targets internal MySQL databases running in the devices to steal call metadata, including IP addresses of the callers, phone numbers, start time and duration of the call, call route, and call type. MORE
Metadata resides at the center of many of the essential aspects of content management. So far in our exploration of Metadata, we've answered some of the big questions already, including: What is Metadata? What is the business value of Metadata? Create a Metadata Model. MORE
A January 2021 FBI document outlines what types of data and metadata can be lawfully obtained by the FBI from messaging apps. Lots of apps leak all sorts of metadata: iMessage and WhatsApp seem to be the worst. Signal protects the most metadata. MORE
Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But are these rampant and often uncontrolled projects to collect metadata properly motivated? MORE
Metadata is one of the significant costs of digitization. Although archival items can be digitized without cataloging, a digital collection cannot be created and delivered without metadata. Providing sufficient metadata promptly for the abundance of digital resources can create a bottleneck in a workflow. Creating and maintaining metadata about objects—and in particular digital information objects—is […]. MORE
Interesting research: " You are your Metadata: Identification and Obfuscation of Social Media Users using Metadata Information ," by Beatrice Perez, Mirco Musolesi, and Gianluca Stringhini. Abstract: Metadata are associated to most of the information we produce in our daily interactions and communication in the digital world. Yet, surprisingly, metadata are often still categorized as non-sensitive. academicpapers identification metadata socialmedia twitter MORE
CDRThief' Malware Appears Designed for Espionage or Fraud A recently uncovered Linux malware variant dubbed "CDRThief" is targeting VoIP networks to steal phone metadata, such as caller IP addresses, ESET reports. MORE
And this time, you guessed it – we’re focusing on data automation and how it could impact metadata management and data governance. The post Metadata Management, Data Governance and Automation appeared first on erwin, Inc. Can the 80/20 Rule Be Reversed? erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. MORE
ediscovery metadata Google Workspace Google Drive Google VaultKnowledge workers may never go back to the office as we once knew it. MORE
Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets. The first blog of this series discusses how businesses are increasingly realizing the need for metadata management to drive data governance, compliance, collaboration and higher data quality. MORE
Interesting Twitter thread on how cell phone metadata can be used to identify and track people who don’t want to be identified and tracked. Uncategorized cell phones identification tracking MORE
We’re excited about our recognition as a March 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Metadata Management Solutions. Metadata management is key to sustainable data governance and any other organizational effort that is data-driven. MORE
What’s the Importance of a Metadata Strategy? Many organizations use metadata in ways that provide significant business value. Every system uses metadata to store and retrieve data. To avoid this, organizations should develop a metadata strategy. How to Identify Metadata. MORE
While there has been a lot of talk about big data over the years, the real hero in unlocking the value of enterprise data is metadata , or the data about the data. And to truly understand it , you need to be able to create and sustain an enterprise-wide view of and easy access to underlying metadata. Metadata Is the Heart of Data Intelligence. Harvesting data – Automate the collection of metadata from various data management silos and consolidate it into a single source. MORE
intelligence metadata nationalsecuritypolicy nsa phones MORE
Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets for converting data into an enterprise asset. As data volumes and diversity grow, metadata management is even more critical to derive business value from the gigantic amounts of data. . MORE
When an organization’s data governance and metadata management programs work in harmony, then everything is easier. Creating and sustaining an enterprise-wide view of and easy access to underlying metadata is also a tall order. Metadata Management Takes Time. What Is Metadata? MORE
Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But are these rampant and often uncontrolled projects to collect metadata properly motivated? MORE
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4TB of email metadata. While it's not clear if anyone accessed the data, an attacker could have seen all email being sent or received by a specific person MORE
erwin has once again been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner “2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions.”. The post erwin Positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions for Second Year in a Row appeared first on erwin, Inc. MORE
TB of email metadata. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4 While it's not clear if anyone accessed the data, an attacker could have seen all email being sent or received by a specific person MORE
CDRThief specifically targets internal MySQL databases running in the devices to steal call metadata, including IP addresses of the callers, phone numbers, start time and duration of the call, call route, and call type. MORE
The ever increasing petabytes of data required to do business in the modern world of work require utilizing metadata to tag content. Why Metadata? Metadata (aka tags, properties, labels) is the key component in any robust Information Architecture plan. Email Management Metadata MORE
A clear positive for digital copies is that physical space is no longer the largest obstacle for housing records, however, one of the lesser-thought of positives is embedded metadata. There are three specific types of embedded metadata that are relevant for a born-digital photograph. MORE
Interesting analysis: " Examining the Anomalies, Explaining the Value: Should the USA FREEDOM Act's Metadata Program be Extended? " Abstract: The telephony metadata program which was authorized under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, remains one of the most controversial programs launched by the U.S. academicpapers fisa metadata nationalsecuritypolicy nsa phones terrorism MORE
Malwarebytes Researchers Find Malicious JavaScript in WordPress Plugin Payment card hackers are now hiding malicious JavaScript inside an image's EXIF metadata and then sneaking the image onto e-commerce sites, according to the security firm Malwarebytes MORE
Malwarebytes experts observed crooks hiding a software skimmer in the EXIF metadata of an image that was surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores. The attackers loaded the e-skimmer from the ‘Copyright’ field in the metadata of this image. MORE
With the rapid growth in data volume, sources, as well as complexity, businesses are increasingly adopting the best practices for metadata management to power data governance and maximize data use for analytics, ML, and operational use cases. What is a metadata management framework? MORE
The post Over Half of Fortune 500 Companies Are Leaving Sensitive Information Open to Reconnaissance via Document Metadata via CPO Magazine appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the article here. MORE
A variety of Nick Burns characters have also long lectured on the importance of metadata. Metadata is another area in which we’ve all had unrealistic expectations that users would help us with this key task. I’m John Mancini, and I have neglected my metadata responsibilities. Let me just look at the document properties and metadata and revision history! Revenge of the metadata nerds! MORE
If you have Federal records in the cloud, additional metadata might need to be applied to maintain relational links between records stored in the cloud and in local storage. You should assess metadata requirements before records are transferred to or created in the cloud. Also, the contract between the agency and the cloud service provider should include minimum metadata requirements. General cloud cloud computing electronic records management metadata MORE
Metadata Related Topics Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Interesting Twitter thread on how cell phone metadata can be used to identify and track people who don’t want to be identified and tracked. Uncategorized cell phones identification tracking
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 10, 2021
A January 2021 FBI document outlines what types of data and metadata can be lawfully obtained by the FBI from messaging apps. Lots of apps leak all sorts of metadata: iMessage and WhatsApp seem to be the worst. Signal protects the most metadata.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
CDRThief' Malware Appears Designed for Espionage or Fraud A recently uncovered Linux malware variant dubbed "CDRThief" is targeting VoIP networks to steal phone metadata, such as caller IP addresses, ESET reports.
erwin
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. What Is Metadata? Analyst firm Gartner defines metadata as “information that describes various facets of an information asset to improve its usability throughout its life cycle. Analyze metadata.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 12, 2021
Uncategorized academic papers metadata security analysisReally interesting research : “Exploitation and Sanitization of Hidden Data in PDF Files” Abstract: Organizations publish and share more and more electronic documents like PDF files.
erwin
OCTOBER 24, 2019
While there has been a lot of talk about big data over the years, the real hero in unlocking the value of enterprise data is metadata , or the data about the data. And to truly understand it , you need to be able to create and sustain an enterprise-wide view of and easy access to underlying metadata. Metadata Is the Heart of Data Intelligence. Harvesting data – Automate the collection of metadata from various data management silos and consolidate it into a single source.
Collibra
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets. The first blog of this series discusses how businesses are increasingly realizing the need for metadata management to drive data governance, compliance, collaboration and higher data quality.
erwin
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But are these rampant and often uncontrolled projects to collect metadata properly motivated?
AIIM
MARCH 11, 2021
What’s the Importance of a Metadata Strategy? Many organizations use metadata in ways that provide significant business value. Every system uses metadata to store and retrieve data. To avoid this, organizations should develop a metadata strategy. How to Identify Metadata.
Collibra
DECEMBER 8, 2020
With the rapid growth in data volume, sources, as well as complexity, businesses are increasingly adopting the best practices for metadata management to power data governance and maximize data use for analytics, ML, and operational use cases. What is a metadata management framework?
Collibra
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets for converting data into an enterprise asset. As data volumes and diversity grow, metadata management is even more critical to derive business value from the gigantic amounts of data. .
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 10, 2019
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4TB of email metadata. While it's not clear if anyone accessed the data, an attacker could have seen all email being sent or received by a specific person
Data Breach Today
JUNE 29, 2020
Malwarebytes Researchers Find Malicious JavaScript in WordPress Plugin Payment card hackers are now hiding malicious JavaScript inside an image's EXIF metadata and then sneaking the image onto e-commerce sites, according to the security firm Malwarebytes
Schneier on Security
JULY 30, 2018
Interesting research: " You are your Metadata: Identification and Obfuscation of Social Media Users using Metadata Information ," by Beatrice Perez, Mirco Musolesi, and Gianluca Stringhini. Abstract: Metadata are associated to most of the information we produce in our daily interactions and communication in the digital world. Yet, surprisingly, metadata are often still categorized as non-sensitive. academicpapers identification metadata socialmedia twitter
AIIM
MARCH 16, 2021
Metadata resides at the center of many of the essential aspects of content management. So far in our exploration of Metadata, we've answered some of the big questions already, including: What is Metadata? What is the business value of Metadata? Create a Metadata Model.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 11, 2019
TB of email metadata. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4 While it's not clear if anyone accessed the data, an attacker could have seen all email being sent or received by a specific person
erwin
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
And this time, you guessed it – we’re focusing on data automation and how it could impact metadata management and data governance. The post Metadata Management, Data Governance and Automation appeared first on erwin, Inc. Can the 80/20 Rule Be Reversed? erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect.
erwin
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But are these rampant and often uncontrolled projects to collect metadata properly motivated?
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
intelligence metadata nationalsecuritypolicy nsa phones
Security Affairs
JUNE 26, 2020
Malwarebytes experts observed crooks hiding a software skimmer in the EXIF metadata of an image that was surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores. The attackers loaded the e-skimmer from the ‘Copyright’ field in the metadata of this image.
Gimmal
MARCH 16, 2021
This is why metadata is essential. What is Metadata? Put simply; metadata is data about data. When applied correctly, metadata can provide essential aid in finding, protecting, and governing your company's information.
IG Guru
MARCH 25, 2021
The post Over Half of Fortune 500 Companies Are Leaving Sensitive Information Open to Reconnaissance via Document Metadata via CPO Magazine appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the article here.
AIIM
JULY 1, 2021
The ever increasing petabytes of data required to do business in the modern world of work require utilizing metadata to tag content. Why Metadata? Metadata (aka tags, properties, labels) is the key component in any robust Information Architecture plan. Email Management Metadata
Hanzo Learning Center
JULY 14, 2021
ediscovery metadata Google Workspace Google Drive Google VaultKnowledge workers may never go back to the office as we once knew it.
Unwritten Record
OCTOBER 5, 2021
A clear positive for digital copies is that physical space is no longer the largest obstacle for housing records, however, one of the lesser-thought of positives is embedded metadata. There are three specific types of embedded metadata that are relevant for a born-digital photograph.
erwin
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
When an organization’s data governance and metadata management programs work in harmony, then everything is easier. Creating and sustaining an enterprise-wide view of and easy access to underlying metadata is also a tall order. Metadata Management Takes Time. What Is Metadata?
IG Guru
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Metadata is structured data about data, information that facilitates the management and use of other information. The function of metadata is to provide your users with a standardized means for access to digitized materials. However, it is not enough to use just any metadata standard. The post Metadata Best Practices appeared first on IG GURU. Archives IG News Information Governance Records Management Risk News Margot Note metadata
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 12, 2019
Interesting analysis: " Examining the Anomalies, Explaining the Value: Should the USA FREEDOM Act's Metadata Program be Extended? " Abstract: The telephony metadata program which was authorized under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, remains one of the most controversial programs launched by the U.S. academicpapers fisa metadata nationalsecuritypolicy nsa phones terrorism
Dark Reading
MARCH 10, 2020
Listen more closely and your network's metadata will surrender insights the bad guys counted on keeping secret
erwin
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Organization’s cannot hope to make the most out of a data-driven strategy, without at least some degree of metadata-driven automation. By implementing metadata-driven automation, organizations across industry can unleash the talents of their highly skilled, well paid data pros to focus on finding the goods: actionable insights that will fuel the business. Metadata-Driven Automation in the BFSI Industry. Metadata-Driven Automation in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Collibra
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Implementing the right metadata management solution can positively impact an organization’s data strategy to maximize data use and reuse. What are active metadata graphs? Active metadata graphs help enterprises break organizational and data silos to get to outcomes fast.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
CDRThief specifically targets internal MySQL databases running in the devices to steal call metadata, including IP addresses of the callers, phone numbers, start time and duration of the call, call route, and call type.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 26, 2018
Users Surprised By Metadata Collection, But Facebook Says It Always Asked Facebook is facing a new controversy after some users say they've found records of phone calls and text messages in their personal files, but claim they never granted the social networking site permission to collect the data
erwin
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
erwin has once again been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner “2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions.”. The post erwin Positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions for Second Year in a Row appeared first on erwin, Inc.
IG Guru
JANUARY 16, 2019
Metadata is one of the significant costs of digitization. Although archival items can be digitized without cataloging, a digital collection cannot be created and delivered without metadata. Providing sufficient metadata promptly for the abundance of digital resources can create a bottleneck in a workflow. Creating and maintaining metadata about objects—and in particular digital information objects—is […].
National Archives Records Express
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
If you have Federal records in the cloud, additional metadata might need to be applied to maintain relational links between records stored in the cloud and in local storage. You should assess metadata requirements before records are transferred to or created in the cloud. Also, the contract between the agency and the cloud service provider should include minimum metadata requirements. General cloud cloud computing electronic records management metadata
AIIM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
A variety of Nick Burns characters have also long lectured on the importance of metadata. Metadata is another area in which we’ve all had unrealistic expectations that users would help us with this key task. I’m John Mancini, and I have neglected my metadata responsibilities. Let me just look at the document properties and metadata and revision history! Revenge of the metadata nerds!
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
CDRThief specifically targets internal MySQL databases running in the devices to steal call metadata, including IP addresses of the callers, phone numbers, start time and duration of the call, call route, and call type.
erwin
DECEMBER 19, 2019
To help you prepare for 2020, we’ve compiled some of the most popular data governance and metadata management blog posts from the erwin Experts from this year. The Best Data Governance and Metadata Management Blog Posts of 2019. erwin Expert Blog data governance metadata management
erwin
APRIL 16, 2020
We’re excited about our recognition as a March 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Metadata Management Solutions. Metadata management is key to sustainable data governance and any other organizational effort that is data-driven.
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