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.

There is no doubt about the devastating effect the covid-19 pandemic has had on almost everything. People are forced to stay at home and therefore work from there. Focusing on the positive, working from home can be a highly effective strategy if employees utilize effective tools and strategies to defend themselves from falling prey to a malicious email.

With the relentless onslaught of corona virus, unemployment is rising at an alarming rate and people who are lucky enough to still be employed, an enormous majority of the workforce is working from home. Most of the companies were not prepared for this eventuality, a pandemic.