Almost 50% Chief Information Security Officers say they are extremely anxious about the security implications of the cloud, and recent data breaches support their anxiety. Their main concern is that their information is not in their control. Even after securing data with a lot of sophisticated tools, a small employee mistake can jeopardize the whole cybersecurity of the organization.

It is not surprising to see how cyberattacks have become more sophisticated and prevalent over the past few years. Many businesses around the world have identified cybersecurity breaches in their networks, suffering attacks such as phishing, social engineering, malware, ransomware and more.

Companies constantly collect and store huge amounts of data such as invoices, sensitive employee files, customer credit card information, contracts and more. In fact, most businesses surely store important and confidential data that must be protected and encrypted to avoid any type of threat.

Information accessed without authorisation is called a data breach. A broader definition can be - data breach is a security incident in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so.