Data Management: Data Protection (Definitions)

"The protecting of data from damage, destruction, and unauthorized alteration." (Tom Petrocelli, "Data Protection and Information Lifecycle Management", 2005)

"Deals with issues such as data security, privacy, and availability. Data protection controls are required by regulations and industry mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley, European Data Protection Law, and others." (Allen Dreibelbis et al, "Enterprise Master Data Management", 2008)

"A set of rules that aim to protect the rights, freedoms and interests of individuals when information related to them is being processed." (Maria Tzanou, "Data Protection in EU Law after Lisbon: Challenges, Developments, and Limitations", 2015)

"An umbrella term for various procedures that ensure information is secure and available only to authorized users." (Peter Sasvari & Zoltán Nagymate, "The Empirical Analysis of Cloud Computing Services among the Hungarian Enterprises", 2015)

"Protection of the data against unauthorized access by third parties as well as protection of personal data (such as customer data) in the processing of data according to the applicable legal provisions." (Boris Otto & Hubert Österle, "Corporate Data Quality", 2015)

"Legal control over access to, and use of, data in computers." (Lucy Self & Petros Chamakiotis, "Understanding Cloud Computing in a Higher Education Context", 2018)

"Data protection is a task of safeguarding personal or sensitive data which are complex and widely distributed." (M Fevzi Esen & Eda Kocabas, "Personal Data Privacy and Protection in the Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE) Industry", 2019)

"Process of protecting important information from corruption, compromise, or loss." (Patrícia C T Gonçalves, "Medical Social Networks, Epidemiology and Health Systems", 2021)

"The process involving use of laws to protect data of individuals from unauthorized disclosure or access." (Frank Makoza, "Learning From Abroad on SIM Card Registration Policy: The Case of Malawi", 2019)

"Is the process in information and communication technology that deals with the ability an organization or individual to safeguard data and information from corruption, theft, compromise, or loss." (Valerianus Hashiyana et al, "Integrated Big Data E-Healthcare Solutions to a Fragmented Health Information System in Namibia", 2021)

"The mechanisms with which an organization enables individuals to retain control of the personal data they willingly share, where security provides policies, controls, protocols, and technologies necessary to fulfill rules and obligations in accordance with privacy regulations, industry standards, and the organization's ethics and social responsibility." (Forrester)

DBMS: Database Administrator (Definitions)

"The person responsible for creating, installing, configuring, and maintaining databases. Often the system administrator serves as the database administrator." (Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Data Warehouse Training Kit", 2000)

"An individual responsible for management of an RDBMS. Responsibilities may include user management, indexing, tuning, and backup and recovery." (Christopher Adamson, "Mastering Data Warehouse Aggregates", 2006)

"A person or group of people responsible for the design and supervision of a data base." (S. Sumathi & S. Esakkirajan, "Fundamentals of Relational Database Management Systems", 2007)

"An individual responsible for the installation, configuration, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of the DBMS and its physical databases." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration", 2012)

"The person who manages a database. The administrator determines the content, internal structure, and access strategy for a database, defines security and integrity, and monitors performance." (Microsoft, "SQL Server 2012 Glossary", 2012)

"One who is responsible for databases used in the business environment; duties might include performing database updates, tuning database performance, coordinating on server hardware and OS issues, defining backup and restore strategies, and of course, security." (Mike Harwood, "Internet Security: How to Defend Against Attackers on the Web" 2nd Ed., 2015)

"The person (or persons) who has (have) the highest possible privileges inside the Oracle database, responsible for its care and feeding, and accountable if there is a loss or corruption of data. In charge of tasks such as space allocation, overall performance tuning, database security and privilege allocation, and physical database design. Some DBAs also perform dual duty as application developers." (Bill Pribyl & Steven Feuerstein, "Learning Oracle PL/SQL", 2001)

"The organizational function charged with the day-to-day monitoring and care of the databases. The DBA function is more closely associated with physical database design than the DA [Data Administrator] is." (William H Inmon, "Building the Data Warehouse", 2005)

"The person in a software organization who is in charge of designing, creating, and maintaining the databases of an enterprise. The DBA makes use of a variety of software tools provided by a DBMS." (Toby J Teorey, ", Database Modeling and Design" 4th Ed., 2010)

"The IT professional role responsible for database administration, usually in the context of a particular DBMS, hence often prefixed with the name of the DBMS, e.g., Oracle DBA. Functional responsibilities vary based on further definitions." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

"The person responsible for planning, organizing, controlling, and monitoring the centralized and shared corporate database. The DBA is the general manager of the database administration department." (Carlos Coronel et al, "Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management" 9th Ed", 2011)

"A person who is responsible for the design, development, operation, maintenance, and use of a database." (Sybase, "Open Server Server-Library/C Reference Manual", 2019)

"A person who has the responsibility for maintaining a database." (Jan L Harrington, "Relational Database Design and Implementation" 3rd Ed., 2009)