Know The 3 Big Challenges Before The Big Data

By Author: Brook M. Perry
Total Articles: 84
Comment this article

Big data is nothing but a huge collection of informational text that has been recorded by gathering information from websites, apps, social media, and other sources to track every move of an individual. Doug Laney of the META Group (now Gartner) in 2001 wrote an amazing report called “Data Management: Controlling Data Volume, Velocity, and Variety,”’ to present both great insight and great foresight of big data. Since then the 3 V’s of big data were born, giving him the credit of coming up with title ‘3V Data Management….’ Since the amount of data has increased in the recent past, the threats and the management tools have also been evolving at a rapid pace.

In this article, you’ll read about the 3 big challenges that a user often faces while dealing up with big data challenges.

Users often don’t know for what they are signing up for

Most often online users don’t pay attention towards the details that a web page, an email client, or a chat client is asking from them and in turn feed it bluntly. They often fail to familiarize themselves with privacy policies, terms and conditions, and ...
... the other privacy sections before signing up for social media platforms and other online services. This unnoticeable acceptance provides a valid reason to intermediaries to collect and release private information to third parties. Since the source of information leakage remains untraceable, a user will not get any benefit even after complaining for the same on various channels.

You may get unwillingly involved into online scams/promotions/and other online activities

Generally, the ‘public disclosure of inferred private facts’ (PCAST, 2014, p.7) makes individuals a vulnerable target of intermediaries, who are involved in hacking or stealing the important data.. You may not be aware about the codes and the activities that are running in the background of the website and the application that is specially deployed there for collecting sensitive data. This unawareness may lead to some severe cases and the social network may reserve the right to disclose this information to third party platforms. The sensitive information can then be used by various organizations such as advertisers, marketing professionals, or sometimes hackers to target individuals.

How random is the collected data?

As a user you can see the claims made by websites that the data entered will be treated as random data and will not be leaked or shared with other parties, and you believe it. But instead of believing the same you should immediately check that how random the data actually is and what can be the consequences, if you miss out something or if the data is misused. The term ‘random’ adds a central value to privacy, which poses a great risk to anonymity as individuals could be ‘re-identified’ with the help of collected data, if leaked. Severe impacts of getting the mist crucial data leaked are losing the ability to use Internet technologies, and inability to access the communication platforms and critical information.

As the phrase says ‘with big position, comes bigger responsibility’ here the saying would be ‘with big data come the biggest challenges.’ Collection of data, managing it, storing it, organizing it, and handling its security are some of the most challenging tasks that a company needs to handle while dealing millions of entries and figures. There is nothing to worry about if some organizations or companies are tracking your movements online, but it is quite important to avoid mishaps, unusual situations, and some security breaches. A user requires to be extra careful while entering their personal, work, and social data online as it features a huge chunk of threats that might harm them.

About the Author: He is a Technology writer working with Qresolve as a Technical Support Engineer. Brook M. Perry has been offering tech support to global customers for issues related to laptops, desktops, Mac and devices including iPods, tablets, iPhones. computer support She caters to the segment of core technology and provides viable solutions to any issues related to technology and software. Her expertise and skills in handling key technology issues is immaculate and quick result bearing.