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Big Data and the London Olympics Cybersecurity Challenge

Excerpt: Hacktivism has reached an all-time high and the threat of cyberterrorism has never been more real — both also enabled by this same cybercrime supply chain.  Olympic organizers will need to contend with these threats — and more — at a volume, variety and velocity never seen before. Not coincidentally, these same three “V’s” — volume, variety and velocity — comprise Big Data, and it is Big Data that will help secure the Olympics.

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