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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

Based on figures from Statista , the volume of data breaches increased from 2005 to 2008, then dropped in 2009 and rose again in 2010 until it dropped again in 2011. After a marginal increase in 2015, another steep rise happened in 2016 through 2017 before the volume decreased in 2018 and rose in 2019, and dropped again in 2020.

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What Are State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks and Do They Use AI?

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You can find numerous examples of this, such as the hacking attempts that it conducted against the United States during the 2016 Presidential Election. Russia has conducted many cyber attacks against its adversaries. Russia isn’t alone in sponsoring cyber attacks.

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The Dawn of Cloud Based BI

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And over the years, pioneers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft propelled cloud computing further and by 2016, the cloud computing industry was already a $210 billion industry. Cloud allows us to store huge amounts of data. It also addresses one of the major concerns of any business: data security.

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AI And Data: A Pain Or Gain? Here’s What The Future Looks Like

Smart Data Collective

Of course, they have greater reasons i.e. a threat to data security. Will data be compromised in making a future with AI? Or it is a pure blessing using which we can overcome the data security issues? In 2016, A Facebook bot tricked more than 10,000 Facebook users. No, you just can’t say “Ok Boomer” here!

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Cyber Fraud Statistics & Preventions to Prevent Data Breaches in 2021

Smart Data Collective

rose from 38 million in 2016 to over 50 million in 2018. It is no longer a surprise when a major breach is announced. Cyber fraud is growing, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the number of people affected by cyber fraud in the U.S. In 2019, the number of people affected by cyber fraud in the U.S. rose to more than 63 million.

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3 Crucial Ways Smart Data Eliminates Home Security Threats

Smart Data Collective

The need for better home security solutions is becoming clearer. Markets and Markets found that the home security market will be worth $113 billion by 2021 , which is a 50% increase from 2016. Big data is playing a big role in this. One of the benefits of big data is improving home security.

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Understanding the Need for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Compliance in Healthcare

GAVS Technology

intelligently leverage these huge volumes of data collected, to understand user behavior and offer services accordingly. However, this proliferation of data increases data security risks multi-fold. Service providers like healthcare, pharma, life science, social media companies, retail businesses, governments, etc.