Improper big data storage leaves security holes, says McAfee

Danny Palmer
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Company's 'Needle in a Datastack' reports many organisations are ill-equipped to deal with big data-related security breaches

The inability of businesses to properly store and analyse big data leaves them vulnerable to security breaches. That is according to research by security provider McAfee, which finds just 35 per...

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