A data breach refers to an incident where sensitive, confidential or protected data has been accessed or stolen by an unauthorized party. This may occur via malicious hacks, accidental leaks or insider threats.

How Data Breaches Relate to Managed IT:

– Can expose customer details, healthcare records, financial files and intellectual property.
– Lead to heavy compliance fines, legal liabilities, reputation damage and investigation costs.
– MSPs provide layered security controls, 24/7 monitoring, compromise assessments, and incident response.

Example:

A university contains a data breach exposing thousands of student and faculty records. Their MSP partner launches response protocols to determine culprits, retrieve data and prevent future recurrence.

Key Takeaways:

– Unauthorized data access with negative business impact.
– MSPs deliver critical security, compliance and response services.
– Major liability for regulated sectors like healthcare and education.
– WPG helps clients detect, contain and remediate events quickly.