CHAPTER 11
Auditing Big Data and Data Repositories
The rapid growth in the amount of data created and collected by systems and processes has become an important issue for businesses over the last decade. Technological innovations have brought the capability to store and analyze very large data sets into the mainstream. Companies use these capabilities for a variety of purposes from analyzing customer purchase patterns, to predicting equipment maintenance needs, to forecasting revenue. As more and more data is collected and stored, the need to audit the systems handling this data becomes more critical. The technologies in use vary, but many basic principles are common to different systems. This chapter covers the following:
• How to audit ...
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