Hackers Exploit Accellion Zero-Days in Recent Data Theft and Extortion Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday tied a string of attacks targeting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers over the past two months to data theft and extortion campaign orchestrated by a cybercrime group called UNC2546. The attacks, which began in mid-December 2020, involved exploiting multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in the legacy FTA software to install a new…

Leveraging Data Governance Across Big Data Environments

Data is a critical asset to organizations today and the growing volume of diverse data generation is making data management and governance increasingly important and challenging. Managing the ever-increasing complexity in data sets has given rise to the concept of big data, but what exactly is big data, and why is it important for businesses?

Leveraging Data Governance Across Big Data Environments

Data is a critical asset to organizations today and the growing volume of diverse data generation is making data management and governance increasingly important and challenging. Managing the ever-increasing complexity in data sets has given rise to the concept of big data, but what exactly is big data, and why is it important for businesses?