Archive for the ‘Data Integrity’ Category

Data Integrity - What Does It Really Mean? Why Is It Important?

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The truth is, Data Integrity is essential to even the most rudimentary Information Visualizations. No visualization is worth a thing if it leads you to the wrong conclusion. Buzz words are carelessly tossed around in the attempt to impress (by subtle confusion) the intended audience. buzz.word n. -- A usually important-sounding word ...

Open Source Spying Visualization

Monday, December 17th, 2007

In Dec. of 2006, the NY Times published an article on a visualization that displays interconnectedness between multiple factors involved in significant terrorist events. These images represent terrorist attacks and some of the actors, weapons and targets linked to them. The physical relationship of the items suggests the level of ...

How Can Data Integrity Be Compromised?

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Just to recap -- Data Integrity: Data Integrity ensures the data is "whole" or complete..." "Put simply, data integrity is the assurance that data is consistent, correct, and accessible." Proper Data Integrity is essential in order for data to be considered credible. So how is Data Integrity compromised? Data integrity is compromised when data ...

Introduction to Information Security and Identity Management

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

click to expand In their September 4, 2007, DMReview has a nice overviewarticle regarding information security. The article discusses a traditional layered security framework (data, application, host, network, and perimeter) and how the new challenges of the Internet create new challenges.   ... when we talk about security, we may want to look at ...