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In today’s public sector climate, whether through social media, public affairs, agency announcements, or news reports — misinformation is everywhere. One wrong message can spell disaster: 

• A national security official, using an online alias, tweeted critical comments about the presidential administration he was a part of. 

• The British Embassy in Washington DC posted a celebration photo of the 200th anniversary of burning the White House. 

Of all the types of cybersecurity threats, few are as feared as the zero-day exploit. The term zero-day is used to refer to the fact that the associated software developer or vendor typically had no prior knowledge of the vulnerability in question, and they have zero days to fix it before it is exploited. These types of vulnerabilities can be so damaging that they typically sell for millions of dollars on the dark web or other underground marketplaces.

It’s no secret that the world of data is growing at a breathtaking pace. Analytics play a critical role in putting this data in context and ultimately transforming it into useful information. Automation goes a long way in enabling enterprises to achieve and maintain data management scalability.

The power that data holds in driving businesses cannot be over-emphasized. Data-driven insights influence most decisions in an organization, and just like your finances, data needs proper management.

There are a plethora of companies out there competing in the analytics space, and data science is the name of the game. However, there is still a need for decision-centric analytics because without domain and business knowledge to direct the more data-centric analytical approach, the direction and relevance of findings can go astray.  As entrepreneur and data scientist Damian Mingle said, “Data Scientists open the door.

People often mistakenly use deep learning and machine learning as synonyms. Actually, it would be more correct to consider deep learning a subset of machine learning and about as similar to traditional machine learning as a calculator is to a computer.