Data Privacy: Securing the Big Data

Abstract

Over thepast few years, the concern of data privacy and its security has been a major issue for most of the
countries across the globe.The data breaches have had large implications to the society and one can clearly imagine the
outcomes that it would have on the data integrity of the nation. Despite having strong data security mechanisms, there
has always been incident of data breaches. The concern of data privacy is not a recent trend. There was a time when
data was recorded and stored manually which lead to data duplication and often data losses. Such losses are also a form
of data privacy breach. With everything going digital, large volumes of data can be stored in one go in multiple
databases. When data is stored digitally, the risk of data duplication and redundancy can also be overcome. Storing data
online has got several advantages over the manual methods of storing data.The data that is stored online can be
accessed and replicated anytime and anywhere upon the ease of the users. Despite having several advantages, the online
data is prone to severe disadvantages and threats as well. This paper discusses the advantages, disadvantages of storing
data online. It also discusses the mechanisms that are required to store and secure the online data. The author also
explains the various reasons breaching of data that is digitally stored.