We are all going to have to get used to the word metadata. Explaining what it means in simple terms is quite tricky, for it is a genuinely abstract concept. (And let me warn the purists up front that ...

Public cloud providers are replacing internal corporate data centers at a rapid pace. Technology and functions get handed over to a cloud provider. One thing appears to be missing, however: ...

In January 2014, documents provided by Edward Snowden showed that a Canadian spy agency used a unique identifier to follow thousands of Canadians as they moved about the country. The tracking all ...

One of the most disingenuous arguments in the aftermath of the NSA spying revelations is that the American people shouldn't be concerned about the government hoovering up its sensitive information ...

CEO and Co-Founder of one of the first data intelligence platforms, BigID, and a privacy, security, and identity expert. Metadata is the lifeblood of modern data management — it's the key to being ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. There are probably more than a few journalists – and I used to be one of them – who scoff at the idea that they have to do any more than ...