Organizations are increasingly exposed to a large number and variety of threats and risks to cyber security. Big Data will be one of the main elements of change by supplying intelligence-driven models.
Research firm Gartner says that big data analytics will play a crucial role in detecting crime and security infractions. By 2016, more than 25 percent of global firms will adopt big data analytics for at least one security and fraud detection use case, up from current eight percent.
Avivah Litan, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner said big data analytics enables enterprises to combine and correlate external and internal information to see a bigger picture of threats against their enterprises. It is applicable in many security and fraud use cases such as detection of advanced threats, insider threats and account takeover.