Following the invention of the computer, people started to transform analogue data into digital formats. It also transformed the way that people accessed data. If someone is in possession of valuable documents, they can put it in a safe, or in any other secure place. In order to access this valuable data, someone needs to physically be there. Digital data is completely different. Even without physically being there, someone could steal valuable data from a computer infrastructure. This is why data security and data governance are so important when it comes to digital data. When the wrong people have access to the wrong data, the consequences can have an impact on people, organizations, or even on countries.
The famous WikiLeaks phenomenon is a good example of this. WikiLeaks got access to state secrets, and some of that data was in digital...