Kriativ-tech Volume 1, Issue 7, April 2018, Pages: xxx Received: Dec. 28, 2019; Accepted: Feb. 25, 2020. Published: Jul. 30, 2020.

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Pedro Ramos Brandao, Coordinator Professor at ISTECManuel Rezende, MSc Student at ISTEC

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Pedro Ramos Brandao, Manuel Rezende, Data: The most valuable commodity. DOI: 10.31112/kriativ-tech-2020-08-47

Abstract

Throughout the 21st Century, corporate data breaches have become an increasingly common occurrence, progressively changing corporations and IT security specialist’s focus from ‘If’ to ‘When’ the next significant event will occur. This article presents an insight into cybersecurity and why it has become the primary concern for corporations and institutions.

Keywords

Data breach, data loss, data leakage, cybersecurity, financial loss, identity theft

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