risk in the metaverse

Managing Risk In The Metaverse

by Sabine Zimmer | May 18, 2022 | Big Data, Data & Cybersecurity

Madonna entered the metaverse last week when she released her hyped non-fungible token (NFT) art series. Over the weekend, the “Material Girl” acquired an immaterial (but collectible) Bored Ape #4988 with NFTs equal to 180 ether or $564K at time of settlement. Top-notch celebs have been explo ....

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Data Retention Policy – How To Catch And Release Data

by Nasser Fattah | September 22, 2021 | Big Data, Data & Cybersecurity, Data Protection

“In catch and release fishing, anglers immediately release native fish - unharmed - back to the waters from which they are caught,” says the National Parks Service. The Parks Service also recommends that anglers “learn the regulations.” Catch and release fishing successfully takes practice, ....

The Nitty-Gritty on 5G Privacy

by Eric Krell | June 14, 2020 | Big Data, Data & Cybersecurity, Privacy

5G Privacy begs the question "Would you rather a have crane collapse on you while strolling through a city or have your every move tracked by Big Brother?"   That’s the type of painful data-privacy tradeoff individuals and companies could be making once more 5G networks are up and running - ....

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Changes to CCPA Further Protect Individuals

by Sabine Zimmer | May 21, 2020 | Big Data, Data, Data & Cybersecurity, Data Protection

Changes to CCPA (California Consumer Protection Act) point to the question "how should our society approach the collection versus protection of personal information?"    In her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Shoshana ....

The Dangers of Forgotten Data

December 1, 2015 | Big Data, Data, Data & Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Incident Reponse

Just about every business works with masses of data every day, much of which is used and then filed away and forgotten. Gartner calls this forgotten data “dark data,” and defines it as “information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generall ....

Data Bloat: An Information Governance Obesity Challenge

July 28, 2015 | Big Data, Data, Data & Cybersecurity, Governance, News

As follow up to my blog Cyber Insecurity in our new World of IoT, from my attendance at the Executive Women’s Forum Summit on Unintended Consequences: Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data , I’d like focus on the growing Information Governance Obesity Challenge creating a Data Bloat for informat ....