When it comes to data security, it’s all about protecting information from malicious users and attacks. What is the difference between data and information, another question? So, while “not every data can be an information,” data can be informed when it is analysed in context and given meaning. For instance, “100798” is data, and if we know it’s a person’s date of birth, it’s information since it has meaning. As a result, information refers to data that has some meaning.
