Advances in secure knowledge management in the big data era

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Information is increasingly becoming important in our daily lives. We have become information dependents of the twenty-first century, living in an on-command, on-demand Big data world. In this era, more information is being created by individuals than by business houses. In the past, we had to stand in a queue at a railway reservation counter to book our tickets, had to visit a cash counter in a bank to do our transactions, had to arrange a get together at a physical location within our town to meet and socialize with our friends, had to visit a theater to watch a movie, and so on. We now have Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to help us do all these by sitting in front of a computer and with a few mouse clicks. Also, all these advancements are possible because we are drenched in a flood of data today. It is important to distinguish between data, information and knowledge. Data is a set of facts about events. Information is a processed set of facts that are meaningful. Knowledge is broader, deeper and richer than both data and information. Knowledge answers questions like “How”. …