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data security
The protection of digital data from loss, theft, unauthorized access, or manipulation. It includes technical and organizational measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
In unserem Unternehmen hat die Datensicherheit höchste Priorität.
In our company, data security has the highest priority.
The word is made up of 'Daten' (data, plural of Datum) and 'Sicherheit' (security). The 's' in between is a linking s, which connects the two parts. So it literally means 'the security of data'.
Viele Apps sammeln persönliche Informationen, daher ist Datensicherheit ein wichtiges Thema.
Many apps collect personal information, so data security is an important topic.
'Datensicherheit' (data security) is often used with verbs that express protection and guarantee. Typical combinations are 'Datensicherheit gewährleisten' (to guarantee data security), 'Datensicherheit sicherstellen' (to ensure data security), or 'die Datensicherheit verbessern' (to improve data security).
Die Bank muss die Datensicherheit für ihre Kunden gewährleisten.
The bank must guarantee data security for its customers.
As an abstract noun, 'Datensicherheit' (data security) is almost always used in the singular. You don't say 'vielen Datensicherheiten' (many data securities), but rather 'hoher Datensicherheit' (high data security) or 'Maßnahmen für die Datensicherheit' (measures for data security).
Ein Verstoß gegen die Datensicherheit kann teuer werden.
A breach of data security can become expensive.
data protection
'der Datenschutz' (data protection) and 'die Datensicherheit' (data security) sound very similar and overlap. Both have to do with protecting data. 'Datenschutz' mainly asks: May this personal data be collected, stored, or shared? So it is about people's rights. 'Datensicherheit' is more about asking: Are the data technically and organizationally safe from loss, theft, or manipulation? So it is about protective measures such as passwords, backups, or secure servers. The words are easy to confuse because good data security is often necessary for data protection to work. In short: Datenschutz protects the person behind the data; Datensicherheit protects the data itself.
Nele achtet auf Datensicherheit und benutzt für ihr Online-Banking ein starkes Passwort.
Nele pays attention to data security and uses a strong password for her online banking.
Bei der Arbeit hat sie gelernt, warum Datenschutz bei Kundendaten wichtig ist.
At work, she learned why data protection is important for customer data.