Internet and Web Application Security, 3rd Edition

Security and Careers—Database Administration

Companies must keep track of information, whether it is customer records, production statistics, financial results, demographic data, or something else. In this information age, a lot of data is accumulated, and someone or something has to manage it in a way that allows it to be useful. For example, if you had a lot of money, you would want an accountant to keep track of it and be able to tell you, when you ask, where it is and how much there is. You would not necessarily want him or her to point to a pile and say, “It is everything in there.” You would want more precision.

FYI

Recall that in the IT world, information and data are sometimes used interchangeably. However, there is a distinction between ...