Cyber ​​incident management of personal data breaches

3. Data breach

A data breach is a cyber incident that results in the exposure of confidential, sensitive, or otherwise protected information to unauthorised individuals.

Attackers often target organisations to gain access to employees’ and clients’ personal data or to corporate information (intellectual property, financial data).

Data breaches can result from various cybersecurity‑related events, such as malicious insider activity, social engineering attacks, and the exploitation of software vulnerabilities. At the same time, the impact of a data breach can involve severe and far‑reaching consequences.