As interesting as Big Data can be for finding patterns in the past, its biggest promise for security lies in being able to predict the future. No, we’re not talking about some sort of “Minority Report” dystopia where the state peers into your soul. Used correctly, Big Data analysis very often reveals emerging data patterns that can tip off the likelihood of an imminent problem. As we’ve discussed previously in this series, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to extracting value from Big Security Data, and that’s true for predictive analytics capabilities as well. In this third and final article, we’ll take a somewhat futuristic look at what Big Data will be able to predict in several vertical market applications.