We have entered the "Data Decade," says RSA Security* CTO Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan. Here are three "Data Decade" trends that will reshape how we talk about, approach, and manage data. The concept of "data" has been embedded in our lives and across every industry since the beginning of time – in various incarnations and forms. In the security and risk industry, data is the lifeblood for how you assess business risk and respond to threats. As we embark on this new decade, I believe data will become the foremost currency that drives the digital economy.

On this episode of ID the Future Dr. Robert J. Marks, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University and former President of the IEEE Neural Networks Council, argues that computer programs cannot be genuinely creative. Computer programs also won't be able to experience consciousness, he says, never mind all the media hype on this point. Marks concedes that a computer code can surprise us, as when a program playing the game Go makes a surprising move. But when it does this, it's following a rigorous algorithm that neatly explains the move. Marks says this isn't true creativity.