Essays on Data Breach

The informatics solutions help the organizations to manage data of the process, clients, providers, payment methods, and supply chain. The informatics solutions work as networks from centralized data centers in several countries in the world as United States of America, Canada, Ireland and Iceland. There are companies that store their data centers in their warehouses under their maintenance and surveillance, but most of the corporations of the world give that responsibility to a third company that provides the hardware, maintenance, and security service. The data centers while they are connected 24 hours and 365 days a year to the ...

In January 2009, Heartland Payment Systems announced that it had encountered a breach in its security system the previous year. The breach had compromised data of more than 130 million credit and debit cards transactions as the transaction data was being transmitted in an unencrypted form within its internal processing platform. The company was certified Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant and had implemented all the required controls, but could not avert the breach. This paper examines if compliance with standards is enough to ensure data security. The paper will suggest the approach to be taken ...

IT Incident Policy

1. Policy Statement The Wind Farm IT Office will ensure that it reacts appropriately to the release of any secure information, whether intentional or unintentional, within the custody or control of Wind Farms. 2. Purpose The aim of this policy is to ensure that Wind Farms IT Office’s response to any actual or suspected data breach of any relevant information, data, or files is timely, appropriate, and effective. 3. Objectives The object of this policy is to provide information, guidance, and assistance on what needs to be done in the event a data breach occurs at Wind Farms ( ...

PCI is an abbreviation of Payment Card Industry. PCI compliance is, therefore, the following of a particular set of security standard that was developed to protect card information during and after a financial transaction. Companies that are compliant with PCI DSS regulations are less likely to have the data breach. The data collection of the cardholder is, therefore, advised where it is deemed necessary. The information collected should also be stored appropriately according to the PCI DSS regulations. BCS, on the other hand, is an abbreviation of British Computer Society while HIPAA is legislation that provides data privacy and ...

Data breach is the act of viewing or acquiring ones secure data or confidential information without the authorization of the authorized user and releasing it to an untrusted environment. This is mostly done by hackers who get this type of information and sell it to willing buyers. The kind of information that suffers this kind of menace is financial and personal information on credit and debit cards. When applying to get a credit or debit card, one has to offer their personal data and their account details so that the companies involved can keep track of the transactions. In ...

Target Corporation: Internal and External Environments

Introduction Target Corporation is one of the leading retail companies in the United States. With a nationwide footprint that includes 1,790 stores, the company has been recognized as one of the top ten global retail brands (MarketLine, 2016). Although the company recognized an increase in sales for the 2015 fiscal year, Target did experience a decline in operating and net profits (MarketLine, 2016). In the past, Target has been able to differentiate itself by offering product lines that emphasize value. Target’s product lines have offered its consumers products that are slightly upscale for a discount chain, but ...

The DBIR 2015 is the ninth one from Verizon, and similar to the others, it highlights patterns and trends present in an aggregated incident data set. The report begins by emphasizing that there are few unique breaches in the cyber-world, and that the likelihood that an intrusion mechanism has been applied previously is relatively high. Furtherance, the DBIR informs against the presumption that victims of data breach believe they are in isolation; it is this falsehood that impedes on information sharing on attack patterns, which could collectively help prevent future intrusions. Verizon has managed to develop a classification for ...

Use of Firewalls to prevent Intruders at Bibliofind

There are two types of firewalls that Bibliofind could have used. The two are hardware and software firewalls (Stewart 72). Software firewalls could have been used to protect individual computers that intruders’ means of attacking such as viruses and spyware. One such software firewall that Bibliofind could have used is the Cisco ProtectLink Endpoint, that is specifically for Microsoft Windows computer operating system. With such a firewall, a system administrator at Bibliofind could have monitored the traffic flow that was coming in and going out of the individual computer system so as to identify any suspicious behavior.This means that ...

The health records and information needs security and privacy so that it can only be accessed by the relevant parties. The health data in most of the time is breached in a number of ways. The first type of breach is when sensitive information of the patients is posted on the website or the social media sites. An example of data breach in health care is the disclosure of laboratory tests of the patients. This is where the public access the electronic data of the patients. The health status of an individual should not be disclosed to the public or ...

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Starbucks agreed to a business partnership with Apple to cooperate on selling music as a core part of the coffeehouse experience. Apple included a Starbucks Entertainment part to the iTunes Store, marketing music comparable to that played in the Starbucks stores. Apple later announced that clients would be allowed to browse through the iTunes Store at Starbucks through Wi-Fi in the United States without a requirement to sign in into the Wi-Fi network. This was targeted at iPod touch, iPhone, MacBook and iPad users (Hilty, Seifert & Treibert, 2005). The iTunes Store automatically detects latest songs playing in Starbucks and offers users an opportunity ...

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Methodology.4 Literature review5 Importance of Network Safety to Business5 Attacks to Beware and Stay Alert to..6

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Damage and Fiscal Losses as a Reason to Consider Network Security worth Adopting10 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPANIES TO CONSIDER AND THAT IMMEDIATELY.12 REFERENCES14 Introductory Remarks Besides its heavily advertised advantage of connecting people, the internet does connect criminals to them. Recent decades have seen numerous internet-associated gadgets, systems, and services emerge like email, smartphones, computers, social media, websites, and cloud-based services actively applied in the business environment these days. Unfortunately to all, there have always been ...

Target Data Breach

Target Data Breach More than a year ago, the country was rocked by the Target data breach when Target shoppers got an unwelcomed holiday surprise in December 2013 when it was reported that over 40 million Target credit card numbers had been stolen (Hardekopf, 2015). The data breach happened between November 27 and December 15 with over 11 GB of data stolen. Initially, Target missed the internal alerts and only found out about the data breach when they were contacted by the Department of Justice. Although the details of how the data breach occurred was not available information ...

Modernization of finance industry through the use of information technology (IT) is one of the important and most convenient developments in the insurance industry. However, with the risks attached to IT, the finance industry is currently facing the challenges of security breaches which affected the growth of some companies and the industry per se. This paper will discuss the IT issues confronting the industry, how it is likely to be resolved, and the future of the finance sector. Media organizations have reported various data breaches cases that affected the finance industry in the past few years. Martha C. ...

Introduction

Computing security is a significant aspect that needs to be undertaken in any organization. With organizations adopting the use of information systems in their business operations, there is a growing concern to have a secure network perimeter. Most attacks come through the organization’s most valued asset, which is the computer network that is being used. Network security requires that there be a professional that will take care of the network and ensure that there is close monitoring of the network traffic. It is important to understand the requirements of the network and have ways in which the network will have controlled perimeter ...

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With information and data sharing being an issue of concern for many companies, there has been the call to have secure processes that will ensure that there is better management of information and customer data. Many companies have experienced data breach in the past, the recent victims being Home Depot and Target. It has called for companies to have ways in which to secure the data and policies to ensure that there is better understanding of information that they have stored in their computer systems. This paper will focus on ways in which global organizations ensure that they secure ...

- INTRODUCTION It is evident from the history of data breaches that there is an increase in the posting of sensitive information publicly on websites of federal, state and city governments. A number of other researches such as the existing research on privacy- preserving data publishing that center on relational data also shows the existence of this increase in information breach. Therefore, government agencies and commercial organizations responsible for reporting data are left with an important duty of representing the data in a significant manner. They also, simultaneously offer safety for the confidentiality of critical components of this data ( ...

Health information refers to any personally identifiable information about a person’s health, medical records, and history of illness, treatments and examinations. A person’s health information is some of the most private information a person “owns.” Health information is unlike other personal information such as your credit card PIN. Health information is much more intimate and provides a comprehensive picture about an individual other than just the products they bought online. Unwanted disclosure of a person’s health information can lead to embarrassment, shame and ridicule. Public knowledge of your health information can also have an important impact on how people view ...

Business Ethics

Business ethics is defined as the study of what is right or wrong in the context of the business . Various theories of business ethics provide insights on the morality of the actions taken. According to the theory of amorality, a business may be conducted without reference to the ethical standards and practices; which is justified on the basis of competitive pressure . The theory has been criticized and is not acceptable in the current business world. According to another theory of business ethics; the theory of moral unity; business actions are judged on the basis of general ethical standards set by ...

As a manager, how would you plan on securing organizational data? How does security effectiveness and relative cost figure into those plans? A breach in security can have seriously damaging impacts on an organization. One needs to consider two elements with respect to information breaches. The first entails upfront investigation so as to prevent technological data breach in future. Other than this a thorough investigation has to be conducted with respect to timings of staff and other resources including managing the situation after a data breach. Effectively managing data after a data breach can help an organization to save itself from significant ...

Introduction

Breach of data security particularly in publicly website environment such as the social media encompasses a serious implication of damage to one’s identity and reputation. Apart from the possibilities of identity theft, the other implication of data security breach caused by exposure of professional and personal information in the social media is the cost associated to losses. It is apparent that social media has changed the landscape of social communication on every level. As much as ordinary social media users are affected by data security breach, business organizations are also affected by the same dilemma due to losses resulting ...

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Introduction Technology has led to several security issues causing firms much investment in order to achieve their goals successfully. Data breach has been an issue due to intentional accessibility of sensitive information by hackers. This paper will answer questions for securing Information Systems book chapter on case study: Sony: The World’s Largest Data Breach.

There are several security and control weaknesses that Sony had. Sony used old versioned software in their Play station Network (Laudon, & Laudon, 2011). The software was Apache Web Server which has security issues such as compromising internet security in large scale firms. Another ...

Impact of Legislation on Organizations

Introduction Cyber security is one of the most growing threats among computer users, personally or professionally. This is an issue that needs not to be taken for granted as more and more cyber crimes were being reported. We argue that the Cyber security proposal and cyber security policy may help people in taking care of their vital information that can be used for identity theft and fraudulent activities. The report shows that proposals to develop a more comprehensive law against cyber crimes may affect the State of Maryland’s current information security, thus making it stronger against cyber crimes. ...

IMPACT OF LEGISLATION ON VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

1. Introduction. Cyber security is a major concern among large organizations particularly those that rely on information technology to function. In most cases, large organizations invest time and money to establish technological infrastructures, which includes government services agencies and organizations. The government in general understands the need to protect the public and organizations under its umbrella from cyber attacks that poses threats such as impeding the day-to-day operations. In lieu to the apparent need for protection, the legislative branch of the federal government passed a legislation proposal pertaining to cyber security. Although, some of the issues that the legislation is ...

Introduction

The field of engineering faces continuous change by the day. For a long time, these changes have been necessitated by varying needs of the society. At times, the needs could revolve around the need or efficiency, safety, easing the standard of living, or simply arising as a result of scarce resources. These changes have seen the society moving from traditional methods of doing things to a more modern approach. An example can be witnessed in the developments in the manufacturing engineering field. The developments and changes in the manufacturing have necessitated for the inception of efficient methods of producing goods. This resulted ...

Software Solutions

Two software applications are recommended as solutions for the security weaknesses identified at Aircraft Solutions. In particular, these software applications are Documentum, which is recommended to be used as a repository for documents such as project documents and product designs, and Visual Studio, which is recommended to be used as a repository for program codes.

Documentum. The capabilities of Documentum include support for all kinds of content, which include XML-tagged documents, fixed content, Web pages, e-mails, images, videos, and business documents (“List of Enterprise Content Management Systems,” 2012). It is a repository where content can be stored under compliance rules. It appears ...

Dear Ms./Mr. (recipient’s name) This is to check if it is time for you to review your merchant services program? Revolution as a payment system provides one of the most aggressive revenue share programs in the industry. With a clientele of more than 1,500 banks having over 18,000 branches we are here to work with you to give you a competitive edge in the market place while attracting new customers, build stronger relationships and create a new source of revenue. At Revolution we have tailor-made Merchant Service Programs per the unique needs and objectives of various banks. Hence we ...

Introduction

This is the intentional or unintentional release of some piece of secure information to a non-trusted environment. There are several incidents that can be grouped as part of the data breaches. Organized crimes, national governments and careless disposal of information are some of the major propagators of data breach. A data breach is an example of a security incident that leads sensitive and confidential data being leaked or transmitted to individuals who do not have the authority to access that piece of information or data. Data braches may involve personal credit card information or health records, trade secrets or intellectual property ...