1 Executive Summary

An ever-increasing number of devices, sensors and people are connected to the global internet and generate, communicate, share and access data. The vo ...

2 Highlights

This report describes how organizations should implement information stewardship to meet the challenges for security and governance of Big Data. The h ...

3 What is Big Data?

An ever-increasing number of devices, sensors and people are connected to the global internet and generate, communicate, share and access data. The vo ...

There are many sources of data as illustrated in Figure 1. On traditional devices such as PC’s and servers, productivity applications generate busin ...

4 Smart Information

Big Data, in itself, has no meaning and little value. Smart Information is Big Data analysed to make it useful - for example to improve effectiveness, ...

The volume of data available together with the computing power provided by cloud services has led to the new forms of data analytics.

These have ...

5 Information Stewardship

Information stewardship covers the wide range of processes involved in managing information as a key asset. Big Data increases the need for good infor ...

Information stewardship is highly relevant to ensuring that information is not only properly secured but also that it is used ethically.

The con ...

6 Big Data Challenges

Big Data magnifies the challenges that apply to the use, governance and security of normal data.

Big Data makes it possible to identify individuals ...

6.1 Insecure Infrastructure

The infrastructure involved in the acquisition, storage and analysis of Big Data needs to be secure.

The technology that underlies the processing of ...

6.2 Poor Data Management

Big Data turns the classical information lifecycle on its head.

Good data management is essential to ensure the value and veracity of Big Data. Inte ...

6.3 Ethics and Compliance

The volume of data and the computer power that is now available have widened the gap between what regulations and laws permit and what is technically ...

7 Big Data Information Stewardship

Information stewardship uses good governance techniques to ensure that Big Data is acquired, used and managed in ways that are ethical, compliant and ...

7.1 Big Data Information Governance

Governance sets the rules and objectives while management does the job in alignment with these.

The distinction between governance and management is ...

For Big Data this means that:

• There must be clearly defined business objectives for the use of Big Data. These should include consideration of eth ...

7.2 Big Data Lifecycle Management

It is important that the lifecycle of Big Data is properly managed from creation or acquisition through its use and disposal. This area needs special ...

7.3 Information Stewardship Culture

An information stewardship culture is critical to ensuring that data is used ethically as well as in a way that is secure and compliant.

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7.4 Information Centric Security for Big Data

Information centric security puts the information as the central concern of the security objectives, policies, processes and technologies.

Good info ...

Information centric security puts the information as the central concern of the security objectives, policies, processes and technologies. The basic o ...

8 Recommendations

Big Data creates both big opportunities and big risks for organizations. Good Information Stewardship helps to ensure that Big Data is used in ways th ...

The infrastructure for processing Big Data must be secured. This infrastructure must be acquired, built, run and managed using the same disciplines a ...

9 Related Research

Leadership Compass: Database Security - 70970
KuppingerCole and BARC Joint Study: Big Data and Information Security - 74001
Leadership Brief: 5 Steps to Consumer Identity and Access Management - 72549
Advisory Note: Consumer Identity and Access Management for “Know Your Customer” - 71701
Advisory Note: KYC as an Enabler in the Financial Services Business Transformation - 72523
Advisory Note: Enterprise Big Data IAM – Challenges and Opportunities - 71207
Advisory Note: From Big Data to Smart Information – 70750
Executive View: Big Data and Information Stewardship – 70744
Advisory Note: From Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) to Information Stewardship – 70587