On the Need of Security Standards in Big Data Information Flow

Big Data has become increasingly popular due to its ability to deliver information and optimize current business, health, economic, and research processes. Even though the use of Big Data spans over multiple industries, there is still a lack of security standards and regulations surrounding what data can be captured and how it can be used. This absence of laws and regulations surrounding Big Data security has potentially led to many data breaches. Since there are many participants within the Big Data information flow, each one needs to be further inspected to determine what security measures should be implemented at each stage to prevent these data breaches from occurring. The objective of this position paper is to point out the need for practical security standards in Big Data information flow. In particular, we identify which security standards should be applied at each stage of the Big Data information flow to ensure the privacy and security of valuable and sensitive data.