Category: Week4

Big data and politics.

Big data can be explained by the three concepts of volume, velocity and variety. Volume talks about the actual amount of data and how it matters. This requires processing of high volumes of unstructured and low density data. This can include data that has no value or of no use to the user. Velocity refers… Read more Big data and politics.

Silicon Valley: the NIMBYland

It is a well-known fact that, much like the treacherous waters surrounding Alcatraz Island, the housing market in the Bay area is a cold and unforgiving place to be if one doesn’t have the means to stay afloat. The price of housing has been increasing steadily over the last few decades, following the boom of… Read more Silicon Valley: the NIMBYland

Safety and Security of Connected Vehicles

According to IHS projections, 30 billion connected things are expected to be in use by 2020. [1] These devices include but not limited to home appliances, connected vehicles, medical devices, and machines in a factory. Last week, Steve Herrod from General Catalyst Partners explained to us about the growing importance of cybersecurity in a connected… Read more Safety and Security of Connected Vehicles

Should we move our data to cloud ?

Cloud service is gaining more and more popularity for both individual and enterprise users. But still less than 10% of world’s data are on cloud [1]. Many people are worried about their data security on cloud especially news about data breach on cloud happen from time to time. I will say cloud is definitely safer… Read more Should we move our data to cloud ?

The War on Cybercrime

Costs associated with cybercrime damages are predicted to rise to six trillion annually by 2021. Cybersecurity spending is estimated to exceed one trillion from 2017 to 2021. 3.5 million new cybersecurity jobs expected to be filled by 2021. Six billion internet users anticipated by 2022, all of which are potential targets for cybercrime [1]. Global… Read more The War on Cybercrime

Everything Hinges on Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity will make or break our future. As data becomes ubiquitous and omnipresent, there is a shadow looming over the access, storage, archiving and deletion of data. Data as an entity in and of itself will continue to increase exponentially as more devices and people become connected through technology. Take any of the trends we’ve… Read more Everything Hinges on Cybersecurity

Microeconomics Or Big Data: Who Is Driving Pricing?

A weird thing which often happens when we search online for a hotel, a flight, rather than a rental car, is the significant prices oscillation. If we search for a hotel, late in the night, at home, using a MacBook Pro it has one price, while if we search the same hotel, but at noon,… Read more Microeconomics Or Big Data: Who Is Driving Pricing?

Big Data & The Music Industry

1000 Songs in your pocket. This sentence should ring a bell for every music- or technology enthusiast. With these words, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the first iPod in 2001. [1] Some say though, that it wasn’t the iPod but iTunes that has changed the way we consume music. Suddenly it was possible to… Read more Big Data & The Music Industry

Digital Security, part XXI : the mouse gets bigger than the cat

We are digging our very own grave and, to a large extent, we keep going with no flippancy whatsoever: more than 5TB of data/storage per capita forecasted by 2020 – 1GB in 2015, more than 40 billion readily “connectable” devices – 10 billion in 2015, frenetic quests to provide ubiquitous IP connectivity – e.g. SpaceX… Read more Digital Security, part XXI : the mouse gets bigger than the cat

AI and Cybersecurity: Using Big Data to be safer

In combat, there are two main facets: defense and offense. That is no different in the cyber world. For-profits, and non-profits host information and other valuable assets with their ecosystems. They build out an environment that attempts to protect the assets. Unfortunately, we live in a world where individuals, groups, and sometimes nation-states try to… Read more AI and Cybersecurity: Using Big Data to be safer