Commonly, when people think of Information Security, they automatically think about Privacy, but if both has the same meaning, we should be able refer to both with the same term, don't we? So let’s understand the difference between these two significant words. TL;DR The main concept to understand is that Privacy is the goal and Information Security is the way to achieve it. In the past, #Privacy used to be referred to a place or a physical area where you could be alone in it