Compliance is a major obstacle to data management strategies

A new survey of nearly 1,500 IT, engineering, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide reveals that 69 percent say maintaining data security and compliance is a top data management obstacle. Not far behind is managing data volume and growth, cited by 67 percent. The research from Splunk shows 62 percent of respondents claim that difficulties with data management resulted in compliance failures. In addition 71 percent say these issues led to poor decision-making (40 percent significant impact,31 percent moderate impact), and 46 percent confirm they led to competitive disadvantages (eight percent significant impact, 38 percent moderate impact). Data redundancy is also a… [Continue Reading]