Specifically, this paper notes that there are new
risks that a Big Data Science project introduces into
an organization (which addresses RQ1), that the
current RMFs do not handle these risks (which
addresses RQ2) and that there is currently minimal
research with respect to evaluating Big Data Science
risks within enterprise risk management (addressing
RQ3). Hence, this paper demonstrates the need for a
Big Data Science RMF that can address the unique
Big Data Science project risks.
In short, using an existing enterprise framework
for Big Data Science projects is not sufficient, in that
these frameworks will not capture all the risks of Big
Data project. These risks include model risk (e.g.,
model bias), reputation risk (e.g., in appropriate use
of data insights) and data risk (e.g., inconsistencies in
the data). These new risks need to be incorporated
within an enterprise level risk management
framework. Hence, the lack of a well-defined RMF
for this domain suggests that organizations have
unknown and/or unmanaged risks, and that a new
RMF for Big Data Science projects is required to
accurately capture and manage these new project
risks.
One potential next step, towards the creation of an
effective Big Data Science RMF, is to survey
organizations to identify best practices, identify
organizations that have extended standards such as
COSO, ISO-31000 or NIST. The survey could also
help to gain an understanding of internally deployed
RMFs for Big Data Science efforts. With this
information, one could consolidate the existing
organization specific models and frameworks used, to
see if there were components that could be leveraged
to create an enterprise level risk management
framework for Big Data Science projects.
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