Compromising of confidential information

Definition
Compromising of confidential information means

{{Quote|data breaches that occurred via intentional, unintentional information disclosure performed by internal or external threat agents.

Overview
This threat targets sensitive information from various sectors such as public health sector, governmental organizations, small-medium businesses (SMBs), large organizations etc. Data breaches are usually realised through some form of hacking, incorporated malware, physical attacks, social engineering attacks and misuse of privileges.