When I first heard of the word big data, I always thought that it is some technical jargon and it\u2019s a totally different thing from \u201cdata\u201d that I have known for so long. But I was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what is big data? It\u2019s easy, nothing fancy, big data basically means a lot of data. The amount is so big up to the point where it can be used for analysis to bring out a lot of information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People are already well aware of the power of big data, and some companies even use data as their main source of income. For example, many companies are now using data to understand who their customer is and how should they target them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Companies are also using big data to improve their operation and save costs. Take machine maintenance for example; the company can predict what will break down and take necessary steps to prevent it from happening so that downtime can be minimized. Other than that, the government starts to use big data to help improve healthcare and public health as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now although both \u201cbig data\u201d and \u201cdata\u201d are data (yes, a mouthful I know), but the way of handling both of them is different. Usually, data is not difficult to handle and can be done using excel or a common data management tool. Handling big data however will be much different. Due to the sheer amount of data available, many problems will associate with this data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With big data, comes big security concerns. As with every cyber-related thing, cybersecurity can become a concern. Below are a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcomers to big data will tend to overlook the security part, which might result in them not using sufficient access control and in turn, an unauthorized person can access the data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to the reason that unauthorized persons can access it, they can change the data as well. This will cause the data to be inaccurate. Inaccurate data will be as good as not having data because the result will be inaccurate and pointless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course one can save all the data they obtained on-premise, but big data is, well, big, so it is irrational to save everything physically. So, for that, the cloud will be the solution. However,\u00a0cloud security\u00a0is also something people undervalue. So once the cloud security breached, the hackers will obtain all the data.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n