With Big Data comes Big Responsibility.
When you walk into a bank, where do you think they keep the money? A bank vault, right? Well, you assume there is a bank vault even though you usually can’t see it. But you trust the institution to take the necessary precautions when it comes to the security of something as valuable as money.
But for the past decade, there’s been a significant rise in a new valuable commodity…
Protecting against attacks and other risks
We have been talking about web applications this week. In keeping with the theme, Sasha Goldshtein, CEO of SELA Group, recently broke down the details on the biggest risks facing web applications today. This was part of a larger presentation at the SELA Developer Practice in Tel Aviv, Israel earlier this month.
Traditional Environments: DBAs Rule and Users Drool
If you want data or an update, the only option is to put in a request to your DBA. Worse yet, it may be a committee of DBAs. The DBA would run the report and send it to you. If your company is a bit more enlightened, you may have online reports you can access (but not modify.) While this is progress, knowledge workers really need access to data immediately and through a self-service interface that makes it easy to run routine reports with minimal steps and customize them when necessary. Read More
