As the new year begins and business leaders refine their 2019 plans, how to effectively deploy technology increasingly will be a focal point of conversations in the boardroom and elsewhere throughout the enterprise. While trending technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and 5G wireless networks command much of the mindshare in the new year, one technology that might no longer be deemed buzzworthy should nonetheless be a major consideration in 2019 for the C-suite and security teams alike – how to derive value while mitigating risk from big data.