Data Breach: Threat, Detection and Prevention

ABSTRACT:

This paper examines the trends in data breach; the threat; detection and provides recommendation on various ways of defending against attack.  Data breach has become one the most dominant cybersecurity incidents in the world and the trend appears to be growing, attackers are becoming more sophisticated and there seems to be no solution at sight. Security professionals must understand that there is no magic solution to defend against attack. The heterogeneous nature of most data breaches reported requires multiple lines of defence.

Keywords:

Data Breach, Heartbleed vulnerability, Data security