The emergence of Big Data as well as the spread of the Internet of Things creates myriad scenarios where the deployment of analytics algorithms on the edge can reduce response times and help security managers swarm more rapidly in case of breaches or malfunctions. Edge analytics has been described as a veritable antidote to the coming data deluge. The advantage is that analytics would get performed closer to the devices that actually generated the data.Edge analytics is obviously not going to appeal to every organization, but companies that are able to effect the change will have a powerful tool to deploy against malicious hackers.”]
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