Big Data is the newest Big Buzzword, and it’s rolling across the IT landscape like the fast-paced “cloud” buzz-storm that preceded it. While the cloud has already become entrenched in our vocabulary and physical security systems, Big Data is just beginning to appear on the horizon. Given the vast amounts of unanalyzed data we collect in our industry, the tools and analytic techniques of Big Data hold out the promise of extracting more business value from our security systems than has ever been possible before.