#011 Databricks explained for busy engineers | Databricks quick start | Databricks Data Security
Tags: databricks, bigdata
Published: 2023-01-23 08:55:31

> **Databricks **is a cloud-based platform for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics.

**Databricks **is built on top of [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/), which provides a fast and general-purpose cluster-computing framework for big data processing.

The platform includes a web-based notebook interface for interacting with data, as well as tools for data manipulation, visualization, and machine learning.

It also offers built-in integration with a variety of data storage options, such as:
* Azure Data Lake
* Amazon S3 and
* Google Cloud Storage

Additionally, it offers a collaborative environment for data analysts, data scientists, and engineers, where they can share, review, and improve their work with others.

Databricks is designed to make it easy to work with large-scale data and to simplify the process of building and deploying machine learning models.

##Databricks Data Security is serious?

Databricks provides a number of features to help secure data and protect against unauthorized access, including:

* Role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict access to specific resources based on user roles and permissions

* Encryption at rest and in transit to protect data from unauthorized access.

* Authentication and authorization for access to the platform
Compliance with various industry standards and regulations, such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR

* Databricks also allows you to control access to the platform and data by setting up "workspaces" and "scopes" for different groups of users and resources.

Co-clients are a way for Databricks customers to share access to a single Databricks workspace with multiple organizations.

Each co-client is given its own set of users and resources and can be managed and billed separately. This allows organizations to collaborate on data projects while maintaining control over their own resources and data, and at the end of the day allows any company to improve its Data Culture and become a data-driven organization.

##Databricks Quick Start

1. Sign up for a free trial of [Databricks Community Edition ](https://docs.databricks.com/getting-started/community-edition.html)on the Databricks website.

2. Familiarize yourself with the Databricks platform by reading through the [documentation ](https://docs.databricks.com/)and tutorials.

3. Create a new workspace and cluster. A cluster is a group of machines that can be used to run your code and data.

4. Import your data into Databricks. You can do this by connecting to a data source, such as a database or a file system, or by uploading data files directly to Databricks.

5. Use the notebooks feature to start writing and running code. Notebooks are interactive documents that allow you to mix code, markdown, and other types of content.

6. Use the built-in libraries and frameworks to perform data analysis and visualization, such as PySpark, Pandas, and matplotlib.

7. Experiment.
Once you are familiar with the basics, you can start experimenting with more advanced features such as machine learning, streaming data, and more.

##Resources: 
https://docs.databricks.com/getting-started/quick-start.html
https://docs.databricks.com/getting-started/index.html