Study on Big Data Security

This research paper talks about the study done on security of data in big data. As the name suggests Big Data means data in the large volume. Which is impossible to store in our traditional databases. The data can be in any form like audio, images, text, documents, and multimedia files etc. Most of the data is generated by social media like Facebook, Instagram. There are other industries who generates data in large amount. Real time data contains redundant data, noise, incorrect, incomplete data. Therefore, data cleaning is required. In this process, duplicate, incorrect & incomplete data is removed. After that further processing is done on data. Security comes next. When it comes to data, security is most important. Despite the increasing abundance of data, businesses face several challenges and opportunities. While better analysis allows businesses to make better decisions, it also has certain drawbacks, such as security concerns. In this paper, we discuss security issues faced in big data.