Graph Technology Is in the POLE Position to Help Law Enforcement [Video]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 19, 2018 3 mins read
A great graph database use case that is starting to emerge is the use of graph technology as a way to better support the police and other law enforcement officials, which also has applications for other security and investigative use… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • crime data • data model • Data Visualization • government agencies • graph algorithms • graph technology • law enforcement • POLE • tableau
GDPR Compliance: 4 Simple Steps to Building a GDPR Solution
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 26, 2018 3 mins read
According to PwC, 92 percent of multinational companies cite compliance with the looming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy regulations as a top data-protection priority. More than three-quarters of those organizations have allocated over a million dollars for related… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data modeling • data privacy • data privacy regulations • Data Visualization • GDPR • GDPR Compliance • graph visualization • master data • personal data
The Story behind Russian Twitter Trolls: How They Got Away with Looking Human – and How to Catch Them in the Future
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 7, 2018 6 mins read
It’s no secret that Russian operatives used Twitter and other social media platforms in attempt to influence the most recent U.S. presidential election cycle with fake news. The question most people aren’t asking is: How did they do it? More… Read more →
Keywords: fake news • Graph Algorithm • graph analysis • Mueller indictment • NBC News • PageRank • Russia • Russian troll • social media • U.S. elections
GDPR Compliance: The Challenges and Problems with Personal Data
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 26, 2018 4 mins read
European Union regulators are dead serious about protecting the privacy of their citizens’ personal data. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that take effect on 25 May 2018 apply to all EU and foreign organizations handling personal data of EU… Read more →
Keywords: data lineage • data management • data privacy • data privacy regulations • GDPR Compliance • GDPR regulations • GDPR requirements • graph database • graph technology • personal data
The ICIJ Releases Neo4j Desktop Download of Paradise Papers
By Ryan Boyd, Developer Relations
December 1, 2017 2 mins read
Early this morning (1 Dec.), the Pulitzer Prize-winning International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released an ICIJ version of Neo4j Desktop which includes the Paradise Papers and the other Offshore Leaks graph data. This desktop package – available for Windows,… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • data journalism • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • icij • Neo4j Browser • Neo4j Desktop • PageRank • paradise papers
Neo4j: The Power behind the Paradise Papers
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 10, 2017 4 mins read
Once again, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has shaken the world with a far-reaching, in-depth investigation into the shadowy world of offshore finance: The Paradise Papers. Using Neo4j, the ICIJ has built upon their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • Graph Databases • graph technology • graph visualization • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • neo4j • Panama Papers • paradise papers • Pulitzer Prize
Cybersecurity & Graph Technology: An Excellent Fit
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 19, 2017 5 mins read
Cybersecurity We are becoming increasingly dependent on technology. Yet, without diligent attention paid to cybersecurity, technology is vulnerable to unauthorized access, change or even destruction. These vulnerabilities pose threats to our individual and collective safety, security and human and economic… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • Connected Data • cyber threat intelligence • cybersecurity • Equifax • financial data • graph technology • GraphAware • graphconnect • mitre
Graph Algorithms: Make Election Data Great Again
By Rachel Howard
August 22, 2017 12 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by John Swain at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Summary In this presentation, learn how John Swain of Right Relevance (and Microsoft Azure) set out to analyze Twitter conversations around both Brexit and… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • betweenness centrality • community detection algorithm • cypher • Graph Algorithm • graphconnect • law of the few • PageRank • python • r
Machine Learning, Graphs and the Fake News Epidemic (Part 2)
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 10, 2017 5 mins read
In last week’s post, we discussed why designing a fully automated fake news detector is currently infeasible and introduced a semi-automated, graph-based solution which would use machine learning to work alongside human fact checkers to scalably flag and quarantine fake… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • cypher • fake news • Graph Algorithm • graph database • graph technology • machine learning • pattern matching • relational model • sql
Neo4j Sandbox Now Supports Neo4j 3.2, Sharing, Google Spreadsheets & More!
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 28, 2017 4 mins read
When we announced the new Neo4j Sandbox back in March, we enabled developers to learn Neo4j while exploring data and interactive guides for four use cases: Recommendations Engines, TrumpWorld, US Congress (Legis-Graph) and Twitter analysis. We’ve seen lots of developers… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • Google Spreadsheets • Load CSV • Neo4j Browser • Neo4j sandbox • neo4j training • Panama Papers • TrumpWorld • twitter
Financial Services & Neo4j: Network & IT Infrastructure Monitoring
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 10, 2017 4 mins read
Discovering, capturing and making sense of complex interdependencies is central to managing IT infrastructure more effectively, and it is also a critical part of running the businesses IT serves. Whether it’s optimizing a network or an application infrastructure, managing change… Read more →
Keywords: dependency management • financial services • GDPR • it infrastructure • IT infrastructure monitoring • microservices • network infrastructure • Network Monitoring • RBS • Royal Bank of Scotland
How NASA Finds Critical Data through a Knowledge Graph
By Rachel Howard
May 17, 2017 12 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by David Meza at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Here’s a quick review of what he covered: What is a knowledge architecture? What are the benefits of a knowledge architecture? The power of… Read more →
Keywords: data science • graph visualization • graphconnect • knowledge architecture • Knowledge Graph • knowledge management • latent Dirichlet allocation • MongoDB • nasa • r
Fraud Prevention with Neo4j: A 5-Minute Overview
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 21, 2017 5 mins read
Fraud is becoming increasingly difficult to discover and prevent as fraudsters are increasingly employing complex techniques and advanced technologies to perpetrate fraud. Who Are Today’s Fraudsters? Today, fraudsters are organized in groups, possess synthetic or manufactured identities – which in… Read more →
Keywords: credit card fraud • data science • ecommerce fraud • financial services • fraud detection • fraud pattern • fraud prevention • Fraud Rings • Insurance Fraud • pattern analysis
From the Neo4j Community: January 2017
By Rachel Howard
February 14, 2017 5 mins read
The year is off to a great start when to comes to the Neo4j community. If this month is any indication of what’s to come, then we know that 2017 will be a big year for Neo4j projects, drivers and… Read more →
Keywords: apache spark • cypher • docker • GraphX • IBM POWER8 • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers • python • sql • TrumpWorld
Analyzing the BuzzFeed TrumpWorld Dataset with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 19, 2017 8 mins read
Update: The Google Doc source and structure changed, we updated the import statements and queries on the trumpworld-graph GitHub repository. I came across this tweet by Sanchez Castro which I am more than happy to support. Hey @neo4j please do… Read more →
Keywords: BuzzFeed • cypher • data journalism • Donald Trump • graph database • icij • investigative journalism • neo4j • Panama Papers • TrumpWorld
From the Neo4j Community: October 2016
By Rachel Howard
November 17, 2016 3 mins read
October was a big month for the Neo4j community – not only was there GraphConnect San Francisco (catch video recordings here), but also the beta launch of Neo4j 3.1. Beyond that, the Neo4j community was doing what it does best… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • cypher • graph database • graphconnect • Load CSV • nasa • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers • software development • US presidential election
Uncovering Secrets in the Offshore Leaks Database with Tom Sawyer Perspectives (Part 1)
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 12, 2016 5 mins read
Tom Sawyer Software is a Silver sponsor of GraphConnect San Francisco. Meet their team on October 13-14th at the Hyatt Regency SF. The Offshore Leaks Database Challenge The Panama Papers investigation and resulting Offshore Leaks database present an interesting challenge… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • data integrity • Data Visualization • graph visualization • graphconnect • money laundering • offshore leaks • Panama Papers • tom sawyer perspectives • tom sawyer software
From the Neo4j Community: August 2016
By Rachel Howard
September 16, 2016 3 mins read
The Neo4j community has been busy this summer with a number of great projects, code libraries and a host of great articles on how graphs are everywhere – including everything from the Rio Summer Olympics to examining ISIS support and… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • graph database • graph visualization • linkedin • Neo4j Community • nosql database • python • scala • summer olympics
My Neo4j Summer Road Trip to the World of Healthcare [Part 4]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 7, 2016 11 mins read
Part 4: Create Relationships with FuzzyWuzzy Welcome back to my adventure to the world of healthcare! In the past three blog posts, I have discussed the data model of the healthcare graph, loading XML data into Neo4j and cleaning CSV… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • FuzzyWuzzy • graph database • graph technology • Healthcare • neo4j • python • RxNorm • string matching • string processing
The 5-Minute Interview: İrfan Nuri Karaca, Project Manager at Kale Yazılım
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 29, 2016 3 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I spoke with İrfan Nuri Karaca, Project Manager at Kale Yazılım in Ankara, Turkey. I got to interview İrfan at GraphConnect Europe. Here’s what we talked about: Tell me about the projects you work on… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • census data • data connections • ETL tool • graph database • Kale Yazılım • rdbms • relational database • sql • Turkey
The 5-Minute Interview: Mar Cabra, Editor at the ICIJ
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 24, 2016 8 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I sat down with Mar Cabra, the Data & Research Unit Editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). I caught up with Mar at GraphConnect Europe after her standing-room-only keynote: “How the ICIJ… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data analysis • ETL tool • fraud detection • graph visualization • graphconnect • icij • Linkurious • Mossack Fonseca • Panama Papers
Stop Fraud Rings in Their Tracks with Graph Databases [Infographic]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 16, 2016 < 1 min read
Fraud rings are big business. First-party bank fraud costs banks (and their customers) over $16 billion each year in the United States, and insurance fraud costs nearly $80 billion annually. And fraud rings organized around ecommerce fraud rack up nearly… Read more →
Keywords: bank fraud • ecommerce fraud • fraud analytics • fraud detection • Fraud Rings • Graph Databases • infographic • Insurance Fraud • neo4j • organized fraud
How the ICIJ Used Neo4j to Unravel the Panama Papers
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 12, 2016 16 mins read
Editor’s note: The recently revealed Paradise Papers investigation used Neo4j as a key technology to find connections in leaked data. In this blog post from last year, the ICIJ’s Mar Cabra talks about the similar investigation into the Panama Papers… Read more →
Keywords: Apache Tika • Blacklight • graph visualization • icij • Linkurious • OCR • optical character recognition • Panama Papers • Solr • Tesseract
The 5-Minute Interview: Ian Sinnott, Senior Software Engineer at TruSTAR
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 29, 2016 5 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I chatted with Ian Sinnott, Senior Software Engineer at TruSTAR Technology in San Francisco. Here’s what we talked about: Q: Talk to me about how you guys use Neo4j at TruSTAR. Ian Sinnott: TruSTAR’s whole… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cybersecurity • data model • Data Visualization • graph database • graph visualization • incident report • incident response • neo4j • TruSTAR
Building a Big Data Architecture for Cyber Attack Graphs
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 16, 2016 12 mins read
Editor’s Note: Last October at GraphConnect San Francisco, Steven Noel – Cyber Security Researcher at MITRE – delivered this presentation on how graph technology can help prevent and simulate cyber attacks. For more videos from GraphConnect SF and to register… Read more →
Keywords: capec • cyber attack • cybersecurity • cygraph • data-driven architecture • graph visualization • graphconnect • intrusion detection • mitre • neo4j