Vulnerability — Introducing 10th V of Big Data

Sheetal Sharma
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

There is a huge hype of Big Data and its features, most of them have been summed up in 9 different Vs of Big data like Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, Validity, Volatility, Value, Variability, Viscosity.

In a recently published white paper by credit reference agency Experian, a proposal has been given to add another “V” to the Big Data features Vulnerability. With the increasing size of people personal data, they have started feeling that it is being used to pry into their behavior to sell them things by different commercial websites.
This is not being liked by some people who may stop doing business with such organizations where their private data is at risk while others aren’t worried about this, as they are comfortable with a transaction that involves exchanging an amount of privacy for an amount of convenience or value.

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