Spear-phishing attacks are targeted attacks to steal critical and valuable information from specific individuals or enterprises. Recently we have seen an increase in such an attack during the COVID-19 Pandemic, targeting work from home enterprise employees with a specific intention to extracts critical data and information.
There can be various reasons behind data leaks and exploitation. The common reasons among them are malware, insider misuse, and human error. All these reasons make data vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
With the evolution of cyberthreats that have plagued enterprises, the technologies used to prevent these threats have also evolved over the past few years. As cyberthreats become deadlier and better-disguised, the need for cybersecurity tools that can analyze threats and data at a deeper level emerged.
Be it using customer data to improve personalization and marketing or analysing market data to forecast future product demand, data-driven applications have become a standard part of present-day business operations.