There’s more to data security and access control than simply granting certain teams within a company or organization different access levels and issuing user passwords. As data scientists, our jobs are not to run the whole security operation in our organizations. However, as we work very closely with data, it is essential that we understand the importance of having good, robust mechanisms in place to prevent sensitive and personally identifiable information from getting into the wrong hands. Hence, the need for data security.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.datasciencedojo.com/data-security/