Guest Editorial Big Security Challenges in Big Data Era

Internet of Things (IoT) and big data are two of the most-talked-about technology topics in recent years, and they are clearly intimately connected, i.e., billions of Internet-connected “things” will generate massive amounts of data, and open up many opportunities in our lives. It is predicted that, by 2020, there will be 50 to 100 billion devices connected to the Internet, and these devices will be capable of generating big data in need of analysis to enhanced decision making, insight discovery, and process optimization. As a result, IoT and big data have the potential to revolutionize the whole telecommunication industry.