BlueTalon brings Hadoop security down to the file system
Big data can mean big threats to security, thanks to the tempting volumes of information that may sit waiting for hackers to peruse. BlueTalon hopes to tackle that problem with what it calls the first-ever filtering and dynamic masking capabilities for use directly on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
Though Hadoop has enjoyed widespread popularity for big data purposes, the technology's core didn’t originally contain any security controls, said Nik Rouda, a senior analyst with ESG Research.
"It’s only been recent years when the main distribution vendors -- Cloudera, IBM, Hortonworks, MapR -- starting to add this functionality as a prerequisite for adoption by enterprises," Rouda said.
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