{"id":14224,"date":"2020-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syteca.com\/blog\/en-blog-cyber-security-breaches-to-take-care-of\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:15:43","slug":"cyber-security-breaches-to-take-care-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syteca.com\/en\/blog\/cyber-security-breaches-to-take-care-of","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Breaches Caused by Insiders: Types, Consequences, and Ways to Prevent Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Security incidents are often hard to detect and tend to go unnoticed for far too long. They\u2019re also time-consuming to investigate, since gathering evidence and correlating facts may take months or even years. For instance, the graphic design website Canva became aware of the theft<\/a> of user credentials for almost a million accounts only seven months after the actual incident. That\u2019s why it\u2019s better to put your effort into preventing incidents rather than handling their consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to avoid cybersecurity breaches is to learn about the most common types and examples of cybersecurity<\/a> and constantly enhance the protection of your infrastructure against them. In this article, we explore the types and consequences of cybersecurity breaches and pay special attention to tricky insider threats. We also reveal how to respond to a data breach<\/a> and suggest best practices to detect, mitigate, and prevent cybersecurity incidents caused by malicious and inadvertent insiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity breaches: definition, types, and consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A cybersecurity breach<\/span> is a security incident that results in unauthorized access to an organization\u2019s protected systems and data. It\u2019s an early-stage violation that can lead to consequences like system damage and data loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The terms security breach<\/em> and data breach<\/em> are often used interchangeably because these events usually come hand in hand. A cybersecurity breach occurs first when an unauthorized party bypasses security measures to get inside the protected perimeter and gain access to company accounts, intellectual property, and personal information of customers and employees. A data breach is what happens next when the unauthorized party steals confidential information and compromises it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security breaches can happen to any organization and lead to the following consequences<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n