Data Breach

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Definition - What does Data Breach mean?

A data breach is a cyber fraud where criminals try to gain access to a database or network system to exploit or steal data or files for personal gain. Social engineering is a term used to describe various methods to deceive its end user. Phishing, malware, or ransomware, are played up as a back-end approach through email or text messages to bypass credentials (i.e., passwords), causing data breaches.

SureHire explains Data Breach

Many business sectors are vulnerable to data breaches that, based on their in-house protocol, reflect the need to observe trends in data analytics pooled against cases of cyber threats that occur. The overarching premise can fall under the type of industry with the circumstances grossly inflated to account for the damages. For example, a data breach in the financial or healthcare field can expose private data and files on a mass scale.

 

Tight security can involve updating passwords and multi-factor authentication, doubled as a front-end line of defense to verify its user from an endpoint (i.e., mobile app). A decentralized network with user access between multiple servers or a web-based cloud leaves a system open to a data breach. To that end, it is good to designate a body of workers with access to a secured protocol to curb the risk of a data breach.

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