Security Benefits of Little Data From the Socio-Technical Perspective

As organisations are further developing ways to extract value from big data, the amount of personal data being stored in centralised systems is rising. These large data sets are becoming prime targets for hackers as well as raising concerns about end user privacy with how the data is handled. Virtual Personal Assistants (VPA) that use the Little Data approach of keeping data within the control of the end user have the potential to mitigate these risks due to its decentralised nature. Within this article the authors discuss the potential security benefits from the Socio-Technical Perspective of utilising a VPA as a supporting technology for controlling an individual's personal data.