So What Is Big Data?

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Posted February 20, 2013 | Leadership |

The term "Big Data" is becoming part of the common vernacular. So what does it mean? Basically, Big Data refers to the huge amount of data created and collectively examined through many online sites, as well as offline sites and vast repositories. The amount of data created now is staggering when compared to just a few years ago. Consider the following:

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Rebecca Herold

Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/US, FLMI, is CEO, The Privacy Professor; Partner, Compliance Helper; and owner/partner for HIPAACompliance.org. Ms. Herold has more than two decades of privacy and information security experience and has provided information security, privacy, and compliance services to organizations in a wide range of industries throughout the world. She has been named among the "Best Privacy Advisers"… Read More

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So What Is Big Data?

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