Dealing with the security risks of unstructured data Q&A
Businesses are increasingly reliant on data. In the past that’s generally been in a structured form but, thanks to increasing amounts of customer information gleaned via the IoT and channels like social media, unstructured data has taken on a new importance. Yet unstructured data also introduces new risks. AI-based solutions specialist Concentric is launching a new data access governance solution
that addresses the challenge of unstructured data security. We spoke to Karthik Krishnan, CEO at Concentric, to find out more. BN: Why do enterprises need to take unstructured data seriously? KK: By some estimates, 80 percent of enterprise data exists [Continue Reading]
Author: Ian Barker
Date: 2020-11-12
URL: https://betanews.com/2020/11/12/security-risks-unstructured-data-qa/
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