Wearable tech: the next frontier for big data


Blog 7: Wearable tech: the next frontier for big data

Amy Le - 黎草嵋
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Source:  https://www.cnbc.com/2014/06/13/wearable-tech-the-next-frontier-for-big-data.html

The idea behind so many business people ditching their company smartphones for their own is BYOD Bring Your Own Device. At first, this was a trickle of early adopters wanting to use their own devices, but it soon became a steady stream only for the IT departments to often respond with a resolute 'no'. Pressure steadily built up and soon the demand was not just from the rank and file, but from CEOs as well, for whom 'no' was not an option. At this point, a technical solution for supporting consumer mobile devices had to be found and consumer devices flooded the workplace.

It's looking increasingly likely that this is all about to happen again. This time it is wearables. In fact, ABI Research predicts that the wearables market is set to reach $18bn in the next five years.

Wearable technology has been around for a few years but recently it seems to be gathering more momentum. Whether its fitness bands, smartwatches, Google Glass or even a ring, so-called wearable technology is making headlines. It makes sense; technology has become an integral part of most of our lives. Not only can these devices act as a natural extension of the devices we already regularly use, but they are designed to provide and collect information in a more natural way.

Unfortunately with every wave of new technology we see new security threats. We're already seeing how the explosion of connected devices - the so-called Internet of Things - has opened up security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, not only is there a new security concern but a host of privacy issues as well.

With all this sensitive data on wearable devices, designers need to think about security before they build these things, rather than after. This means having expert involvement early on. However, making the device more secure when they have tiny screens and minimal user interfaces is a tough job. What's the point of getting alerts on your wrist if you can't see them until you tap in the right password on the tiny watch face?

What about for businesses? We are already thinking about what wearable devices will mean for companies and what the appropriate controls would be. If you keep your enterprise data in separate, encrypted containers on your phone or tablet then it is possible to control where it goes next. That can mean controlling the flow of alerts to smart devices as well as controlling the flow of data between apps. Fine-grain policy controls will let you trade off the risks and rewards of using these new devices.

Just like the first wave of BYOD, BYOW is coming into the enterprise – and it's coming sooner than you think.



Comments

  1. kyungminJune 28, 2020 at 10:04 PM

    Big data is now a common thing that is very important for everybody. To be honest, it is not only for us, the people to live a normal life and make it become more worthy, but it is for everybody, the company, the coworker, the government, basically everybody in this planet can use the data to make their lives become better and better.Big data is used to analyze a huge amount of data in the current situation, to find out what trends the numbers are moving, and to simply organize the data. I think big data will have even more potential and enrich our lives. Think about Big Data is going to become a major part of our lives, I am appalled if I think that tomorrow's clothes and today's lunch may come to depend on big data.it is also important for the company to show their transparency about the collected data and how will they deal with it, so if we are sure that they will not use it in a bad way, then we can feel more relaxed. Because big data can help us in so many useful ways, so if we learn and understand more about it, it is for sure will become a treasure for us and will enhance our living life.Thanks for amy share, let me know more about this because I don’t usually read books or articles about farming, to me farming is a thing that I have no interest on it and I will not touch it. I have learned a lot of wearable technology knowledge let I have never thought of before.

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