The experience gained by the company alongside the users of the enterprise and cloud service providers of cloud computing adds an important perspective on the challenges of security in cloud, big data and Internet of Things (IoT) environments. The non-profit Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that aims to promote the use of best practices to ensure…

What is a real trend, which changed our lives forever and what is a mere hype that fizzles out quickly? Once a year, technology research firm Gartner releases Hype Cycle report to get the current nurve of the market, the business trend and the future direction. This year also Gartner has released its annual hype…

The market for big data is growing over the next five years with an estimated compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.52% from 2013 to 2018 to $46.34 Billion by 2018, reports research firm MarketsandMarkets. The report “Big Data Market By Types (Hardware; Software; Services; BDaaS – HaaS; Analytics; Visualization as Service); By Software (Hadoop,…

According to forecasts by Gartner, by 2020 there will be in circulation of more than 26 billion connected devices. EMC Corporation forecasts the digital universe of Internet of Things has doubled every two years and may be increased 10-fold between 2013 and 2020 from 4.4 trillion to 44 trillion gigabytes. But at the same time,…

During the past year, the demand for SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) technology remained strong. The widespread adoption of the SIEM technology is driven both by the need for security and compliance with regulations. Most of security needs is the effective detection of targeted attacks and violations. Organizations are failing at early breach detection,…

Having been the first to understand that the services would yield more than the sale of equipment, IBM was the first to suggest that software sales will bring in more than services today. In continuation of that effort, IBM has launched a new big data service that is designed to deliver better results and decision-making…

Organizations are dedicating increasing resources to security and risk. Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to define, achieve and maintain effective security and risk management programmes that simultaneously enable business opportunities and manage risk. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit is the only time when…

The market for cloud security market is growing over the next five years with an average of 15 percent per year to 8.71 billion in 2019, reports research firm MarketsandMarkets. The report “Cloud Security Market (Cloud IAM/IDAASS, DLP, Web Security, Email Security, Cloud IDS/IPS, SIEM, Encryption Services, BCDR, Network Security, Cloud Database Security, Virtualization Security)…

The White House released a report on big data in which it calls for an update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The much-anticipated report comes at a time when there is a large scale debate going between technology, privacy, and civil rights. The report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values” focused on how…

Users spend most of their digital lives on smartphones and tablet mobile platforms thus making it an increasingly attractive target for cybercriminals. According to IDC, mobile devices are overtaking PCs as the preferred access point to the Internet and over the next four years, the number of people using their computer to go online will…