We’re living in a time when data is generated in enormous numbers—by us, our devices, and the networks that transport it. Think of everyday interactions. Checked your e-mail? Data. Entered your PIN somewhere? Data. Drove your networked car somewhere? Data. Every revolution of a wind turbine? Data. Every phone call through a cell tower? Data. Then flip it to the business side—every time one of those actions was performed, a data center somewhere was collecting, collating, analyzing, and generating insights from it.According to The 2020 Data Attack Surface Report, total global data storage is expected to exceed 200 zettabytes by 2025—with half of it stored in the cloud. And the number of devices in play is also massive, with the estimated 31 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices currently in use expected to grow to 75 billion by that same year. The report also suggests that by the end of this decade, 7.5 billion people, or 90 percent of the world’s population over six years old, will be online and generating data.To read this article in full, please click her
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