Applying Big Data Principles to Security Paradigms

Thought Leadership - 3:00 pm - 3:25 pm

Volume, variety, velocity, veracity; all four of the hallmarks of Big Data have a clear fit in the world of security as the number of threats grows, their natures diverge, the speed with they are encountered (and subsequently have to be dealt with) accelerates, and the need to be ever more accurate enhances. As enterprises have made significant investments in Big Data programs and analytics platforms, they are beginning to reap real benefits in terms of business efficiency and innovation. The time then has come to begin applying those same principles and platforms to the security challenges facing enterprises to allow for faster, more effective overall security.

Takeaways:

The nature of the enterprise security challenge closely mimics many of the Big Data challenges business are beginning to learn how to solve
Just as Big Data challenges required different tools to address for Line of Business and general IT issues, so they will for information security challenges
Security must become the next focus for analytics capabilities, and analytics the next focus for security professionals