With very few exceptions, successful businesses rely on data (customer data, client data, system data, industry data, weather data, etc.) to make their best management decisions. Collecting, storing, and processing this data often requires the building of sophisticated, reliable, and resilient databases. Designing, developing, and implementing these databases is the job role of the database ...

Security applications can now analyze and detect trends and anomalies in vast seas of information. But how much is enough? And how much is too much information? The more you need to store and the more features you add, the higher costs rise. What is the right balance? Find out in this TechRepublic Premium feature ...

Save $85 with this GDPR Security Pack. Read on to find out how. One of the key requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation is a demonstrated effort to enforce security measures that safeguard customer data. This bundle from TechRepublic Premium comprises six policies you can customize and implement to help your organization show good ...

Data has been a steadily growing market, leading to more career opportunities in fields like retail, healthcare, and financial services. As such, many resources have been published to provide guidance on data for those interested in its lucrative study. The following books — recommended by Madeline Clarke for TechRepublic Premium — cover all facets of ...

As companies keep transitioning to remote workflows and relying heavily on cloud-based infrastructures, the task required to safeguard their sensitive data also becomes onerous. According to Gartner, cloud computing has matured from a technology disruptor and will be a required component for competitiveness by 2028. However, this shift in the company workflow environment often comes ...

In the current business environment, it is almost inevitable that an organization will experience a security breach that exposes collected personal data to unauthorized access. Under the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, regardless of the severity of the security breach, organizations must inform their EU customers and stakeholders of the incident in a ...

Every organization collects and processes data as part of normal operations, and all data has the potential to contain sensitive information. This may include personally identifiable information, such as names, addresses, social security numbers, and banking account numbers, which could be used by a malicious third-party to identify consumers or employees. The privacy of this ...

Data governance is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’ measure in organizations as there is a growing concern around the globe that unregulated use of data can result in serious privacy violations, among other issues. That’s why data governance has topped the agenda in many continents as more efforts are being put in place to provide standards ...

Are you ready to complete a major data migration but not sure where to start? Or perhaps you’ve already completed your migration, but now you’re having trouble assessing performance on your new systems. Regardless of where you find yourself in the data migration journey, a checklist is designed to help you adhere to all the ...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation requires every organization that collects sensitive personal data from those residing in the EU to ask for clear and specific consent before collecting that data. The three sample texts, created by Mark W. Kaelin for TechRepublic Premium, will provide a customizable framework for your organization to use and ...

If you’re a systems administrator, it doesn’t matter what platform you use, so long as it can get the job done. Part of that job is ensuring the safety and viability of the data housed on those servers. Unless you can protect that data, and efficiently and effectively restore it (should disaster strike), you’re facing ...

The EU General Data Protection Regulation is a comprehensive set of rules designed to keep the personal data of all EU citizens collected by any organization, enterprise or business safe from unauthorized access or use. The GDPR went into effect on May 25, 2018, and the provisions in the law greatly affected the manner in ...

Technological advances in recent years have provided great advantages by offering diverse tools, software and platforms that generate operational flexibility. It has also led to some complex challenges: keeping track of massive amounts of data in disparate locations, under various user controls and accessed via different types of devices, both personally and company-owned. Shadow IT ...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation requires every business enterprise and public authority that collects personal data from EU customers and clients to protect that data from unauthorized access. Finding ideal candidates for the GDPR data protection compliance officer position will require thorough vetting, and potential candidates may be difficult to find. This hiring ...

The technology of edge computing dates back to the creation of the World Wide Web. In the 1990s, the first content-distributed networks were created as developers soon realized that bringing data close to online users was the only way to avoid downtime and decrease latency. Today, the concept of edge computing remains the same, but ...