Data has become a very important asset for businesses when making very critical decisions. As the complexity of the infrastructure that generates and uses this data, its very important to have some control over the access patterns of this data. In the Hadoop ecosystem, we have Apache Ranger, which is another open source project that helps in managing the security of big data.
Data security
What is Apache Ranger?
Apache Ranger is an application that enables data architects to implement security policies on a big data ecosystem. The goal of this project is to provide a unified way for all Hadoop applications to adhere to the security guidelines that are defined.
Here are some of the features of Apache Ranger:
- Centralized administration...