Why Polling Prediction Failed – Data Quality
In the modern world, data and information are driving forces of any business or operation. Poor data analysis can lead to unfortunate circumstances for any company or public organization. We only need to look at the latest election to see how false data collection and...
Are Marketers Confused By The Internet Of Things
Do marketers really understand the Internet of Things? Does anyone outside those involved developing Internet of Things technologies really understand what it’s about? Of course, it’s about connecting anything - everything - to the internet for control and/or data...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Retail Landscape
Artificial intelligence is changing retail and businesses that don’t realise this and embrace AI are likely to be left behind. Just look at the numbers - the retail part of the artificial intelligence industry is currently thought to be worth around $26 million....
Five Predictions for the Future of Information Dashboards
More and more businesses realize the value of data visualizations and there are now many predictions for the future of the meteoric rise of the information dashboard. The past couple of years have seen huge movement in the industry, and with more and more businesses...
Big Data Killer App Will be IOT
For a long time now, companies have been investing in big data initiatives. It was understood that by bringing in many disparate sources under one roof, then all that data would become a gold mine of valuable information. A gold mine that can lead to new revenue...
Every Company Should Adopt NIST
Since 2014, massive data breaches have become a common feature of the news. The huge amount of money at stake – Sony's was $100 million, Target's about $110 million – means that more and more companies are taking their information security seriously. This also signals...
Companies Should Adopt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Introduction In the past, developing a cybersecurity policy and strategy for an organization involved digesting multiple standards, regulations and assessments. This usually meant deciding on competing priorities with the resulting strategy being compliance based....
Smart and Context aware IoT True Potential
Introduction How do we make independent IoT technologies work together to make communities, cities and regions truly smart? How do we achieve the goal of autonomous decision making, enhancing the functionality of IoT technology? The answer is data analysis, and the...
Information security based on risk not fear
Introduction Fear drives the cybersecurity initiatives deployed by most organizations, but that means spending lots of money and resources trying to achieve something where failure is the only outcome. It is simply not possible to completely prevent hackers getting...
Experts Now Adopt a Riskbased Framework
Introduction For many years security experts have preached that cybersecurity needs a risk based approach. According to a new survey it appears organizations are now taking active heed of that advice, with more and more adopting risk based strategies. This is driven...
Targeted Controls Key to Effective Security
Introduction Most organizations have an attack surface that is constantly expanding. Those that have a security policy aimed only at preventing intruders at the perimeter are doomed to failure. The highest levels of security should be applied only to the most valuable...
Managing Risk with Cyber Insurance
One of the hot topics last year, and undoubtedly this year too, is cyber insurance. Is this the panacea that information security has been waiting for? Cyber insurance is intended to mitigate the loss from any information security incidents. Once a company has...