Essays on Security Breach

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Introduction Incident response (IR) refers to a structured approach that manages and addresses the impact of an attack or a security breach. The main aim of the IR is to reduce the overall damage caused by the security breach in a cost effective manner and minimize the time for restoration. The success of incident response (IR) depends on to a greater degree the personnel and team structure, tools and utilities, and proper procedures. The paper will develop main efforts to revamp incident response in an organization addressing the aforementioned processes in the organization to ensure appropriate technology, best practices, ...

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There are so many airports globally, that handle a large number of people than any mode of transport. Air transport has enabled the economic growth to most of these countries. They also operate at all times of the day yearly. There are several security measures in airports which have been there since long time ago. With the current revolution in technology all over the world, I personally agree that airport security should be increased. Comparing the rate of people traveling nowadays and a long time ago, the number has greatly increased as well as the number of airlines ("Global ...

The Typical Network Design Business Goal is an actual design that is connected to goals, which ensure security, as one network may not be available once a security breach or viruses disable the network applications and devices (Oppenheimer 13). Therefore, the network design must be able to recover quickly once such events occur. Otherwise, it will create wider adverse effects against its user. For Walmart, it is essential that there is a strong network design in place in order to ensure that any forms of security breach or viruses will not affect it supply chain management or the organizational ...

Abstract

Media companies utilize the media to provide information for the benefit of users. They also provide platforms for communicating information and sharing ideas. Multinational corporations are able to accomplish this on an international scale to an international audience. Comcast is such a media company. This research paper analyses the use of electronic media and Email in Comcast Media Company. This Media Company has made use of a wiki to streamline its websites to be user-friendly both to users and employees. In fact, the wiki the assimilation of the wiki into their websites has proven efficient. They have also used ...

Information Technology Auditing

Information Technology Auditing

Question 1

Final Audit Report My final audit report would be written in a manner to ensure that it encompasses the critical aspect of Information Technology aspects of Westchester Hospital. The report will give a succinct insight into the IT infrastructure of the hospital by highlighting and categorizing the machines which have root accounts alongside the specific administrative privileges which are shared with other several system administrators. The report would further incorporate a comprehensive analysis of the general operations of the Westchester Hospital’s IT system by identifying the security concerns of the systems and the best measures ...

The information technology (IT) industry has advanced significantly over the past few decades. Technology is not only ubiquitous, but also integral to every aspect of the society. Since the devices and components related to IT are interdependent, any disruption caused to one may affect the other. Over the past years, there has been a raising concern with regards to protecting IT systems from cyber-attacks, which have increased drastically over time. Therefore, cyber security refers to the act of protecting IT systems, including computers, software, hardware and related devices from attacks, threats and disruption . It plays a significant role in ...

Incident Report Planning

Incident Response Planning Technological advancement can be beneficial to organizations, as it provides fast and easier way of dealing with every day operations. However, due to the same advancement of technologies, there are scenarios that can put the organization to circumstances that may breach essential information of the organization. Additionally, it can cause firewall breaches, malware, or virus outbreaks, and other internal cyber-attacks. These events call for the need of incident response (IR), as it is encompasses essential protocols that will address the occurrence of any security breach. The goal of this study is to present the significance of ...

Introduction

This chapter gives an analysis of the results of the study to derive insights on why insider threats remains to be one of the leading and challenging security issues to deal with. The results of the study present a vague picture of what motivates insider threats in private organizations. The questions of why, what and how will be answered with references to the data obtained from the study. This section also demonstrates the actions taken by organizations and tries to link it with theoretical frameworks and pool of knowledge developed by earlier scholars.

Analysis

The belief that insider threats ...

Introduction

Medical identity theft and data security breaches have become quite commonplace these days with thousands of reports registered every year. As healthcare management grows increasingly reliant on computerized patient record, more of such issues concerning privacy, security and confidentiality breaches are coming to the fore. The total automation of patient record makes the confidentiality of information vulnerable to unauthorized access and therefore nurses and physicians who have authorized access to the information should be more responsible for keeping the data secure from all kinds of insidious infiltration. Unauthorized access is not the only security challenge facing the healthcare management. ...

Policy Statement

It is the responsibility of XYZ Information Security department to maintain integrity, security, confidentiality and availability of information to all departments and authorized personnel in the company network, computers and data systems infrastructure. All users are expected to exercise responsible sharing and utilization of the said systems. In addition, efforts to protect information and resources, transmitted and stored in the infrastructure is a shared responsibility of all users and the IT department. Violations of the policy are subjected to disciplinary actions not limited to disciplinary action, suspension and termination.

Policy Purpose and Objectives

Information is a primary component of the business that needs adequate protection ...

Information Security White Paper

Abstract The growing use of computer systems and networking in the business world has resulted in an increase in information security threats. Perpetrators have developed malicious codes and spyware, which they use to gain information from business normally for financial gain. Most of the threats and vulnerabilities that are experienced may emanate from unintentional or intentional attacks. Mitigations applied to the threats depend on the threats, and it is necessary for risk assessments to be carried out to ensure appropriate technologies, processes and policies are set up to ensure information security is not compromised. Failure to have an ...

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. ...

During the last few years, we have observed a dramatic growth in the field of Information Technology and the main reason of this was an arrival of Internet technology and its subsequent development. Its rapid development and the further Information advancements and improvements have made the whole system more vulnerable against the virtual threats and attacks of internal and external origins. The threats and accidents in the Information Security can be explained with the lack of confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic data. However, the researchers kept fighting against these threats, as they kept on inventing a variety of devices to ...

The Social Network is the film that tells us the story of real business. From the very beginning it warns us that you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. This film really raises several ethical issues of business conduction and responsibility to others as well as responsibility to oneself. With a large number of characters the film The Social Network travels from class rooms of Harvard University to dormitory rooms in Palo Alto. It tells about exciting moment of birth of cybernetic miracle that will soon capture minds of millions. In the middle of ...

Introduction

Sony Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products with headquarters located in Konan Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company evolved as Sony in 1958, when its first product, the TR-55 radio transistor was launched under this brand name. Ever since its inception, the company has been a leading name in the electronics industry and caters for consumer as well as professional markets. According to the 2012 list of Fortune Global 500, the company ranked at the 87th position. The Sony Corporation has four major business units which are divided as follows; Sony Electronics, Sony Motion pictures, and Sony ...

Information security plan

Executive summary Information security plan is meant to protect any resource that relates to information from multiple security threats so that the continuity is maintained. The security plan is meant to cover all the organization’s information technology assets against any possible threat. To achieve an effective information security mechanism, a suitable set of controlled crucial. The control includes processes, procedures, and policies organizational structure and software functions. The controls need to be formulated, implemented tracked reviewed and improved to make sure the particular security and business goals of the organization are attained. The plan guides the confidentiality, ...

Information Security Management from Government Perspective

Introduction This study aims to explore some of important facts about the information security management. This is information age and flow of information is considered as an important aspect of today’s fast and evolving technological environment (Anderson & Moore, 2006). The information flow or exchange can be managed only if there are adequate measures to retain information systems that can ensure to keep important information securely (Jain, Ross, & Pankanti, 2006). An information security system can be considered as an information containing system that has been secure from any possible malicious activity or from any possible attempt of ...

Security Measures

In the field of information technology, the physical security of the organizational infrastructure is not enough to secure the confidential information from the unauthorized access. Therefore, the organizations are required to develop and implement a security plan along with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for using the information, communication and technology (ICT) systems. Being a security administrator of the organization, it is required to develop the security plan, including standard operating procedures for using electronic mail (email), acceptable use, physical security and incident response. Therefore, the document presents recommendations for utilizing the ICT system in a way that the confidential information can be ...

I. Introduction There are various ethical issues that can arise in one’s workplace. For IT companies and their employees, privacy is one of the most pertinent issues that we face today. Maintaining Privacy both at the individual and company level is highly sought for, but is hard to realize. This is because it is a common scenario that the efforts by the companies to protect company information have adverse effects in the privacy of their employees and vice versa. Employees are usually concerned with the privacy of their information and personal communication within and outside the workplace. ...

Introduction

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the largest intelligence agency of USA that gathers information to detect any potential threat to USA. Recently in 2013, it created a lot of buzz when Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, revealed to the media about the clandestine surveillance programs of the NSA (NCPA 2014). According to the documents leaked by Snowden, the NSA spies on over a billion of people worldwide by intercepting their calls. Not only that, the NSA has access to the phone records of all the American citizens for the purpose of mass surveillance. It was also revealed that PRISM, the ...

Introduction

Art provides a means of self-expression. Some individuals refer to graffiti as rude art while others claim that it represents modern forms of self-expression and creativity. Depending on the definition an individual supports they may identify with or against graffiti. Singapore`s law classifies graffiti as vandalism and presents punitive measures for individuals who involve themselves with graffiti in public places or property. With its classification as vandalism and individual may pay up to one thousand Euros as a fine or serve three years’ incarceration along with eight strokes of the cane. The punishment described by the Singaporean law for graffiti ...

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 ...

Bitcoin is term that was not well known in the last four years. It was a term that was only used by few people over the internet. With time it is the term that the world has come to know as the first world’s completely decentralized virtual currency (Buttyan & Hubaux, 2001). This currency has become the largest economy compared to some of the economies of the smaller worlds. Bitcoin also abbreviated as BTC reached its high note in 2013 April with a value of $260 just from pennies in the previous years. Currently, the market value of BTC is valued ...

This case illustrates how Caesars Entertainment Corporation uses database technologies to build a business strategy and gain competitive advantage over other companies. The corporation invests in a service which suffers great rivalry and competition among other business systems providing the same services. Companies employ different strategies to boost their competitive powers over other companies, the Caesars Entertainment Corporation employs greater and enhanced customer relations through technology to make sure each customer is distinguished from the other. Owing to this technological strategy, the corporation gathers tremendous rewards in its profits and recognition as well as a good competitive status. The corporation has different ...

Abstract

The healthcare sector has seen the introduction of information technologies that has helped in the enhancement of health care procedures. This effort has been seen to be going on for a long time. Information processes like information retrieval have helped in achieving efficient management of health care processes and procedures. The source of information that are fed to healthcare information systems should be assessed to ensure that the integrity of data is achieved. Data management is an important aspect of the information process. There should be ways on which e information is ensured to be safe.

Organization’s information security policies

Johns Hopkins hospital has ...

Cybersecurity and the protection of personal and sensitive information is a growing concern for private citizens and governments alike. Today, more and more people are the victims of identity theft, and more often than not, personal information on individuals is acquired due to lapses in cybersecurity, whether by individuals or by companies that acquire and store personal information. A prime example of this lapse in cyber security policy is the discount retailing giant TJX. TJX is the corporate head of a number of discount retailers around the world, including Marshalls and TJ Maxx in the United States. However, in the early ...

In the case of the TJX.com, the portion of the company that was compromised was the credit card numbers and information for all of the customers that hold a credit card for any of the stores under the TJX umbrella (eSecurity Planet Staff, 2010). The sad truth of the matter is that nearly any company has the potential to be victim to a cyber attack, and nearly all company’s systems have the potential to be vulnerable to this attack, given the level of skill and ingenuity that many hackers have. However, the TJX corporation failed to disclose some pertinent information ...

Disseminating Organizational IT Security and Troubleshooting Best Practices

Part 1 Memo: Action Plan Attn: All Employees The strategy to improve security of the company’s IT infrastructure in response to a recent series of enterprise network systems breaches is a multi-level plan for controlling risk to data and operations. The deployment of the IT user authentication plan will ensure that designated user access to the network is effective enough to sustain future security breaches; and including threats posed by social engineering. The Action Plan outlines the : 1) wireless encryption; and 2) designated user credential process, as well as cloud data storage and the company’s ...

Businesses use information technology to quickly and effectively process information. Employees use electronic mail and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone systems to communicate. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is used to transmit data including orders and payments from one company to another. Servers process information and store large amounts of data. Desktop computers, laptops and wireless devices are used by employees to create, process, manage and communicate information. What do you when your information technology stops working? An information technology disaster recovery plan (IT DRP) should be developed in conjunction with the business continuity plan. Priorities and recovery ...

This paper presents a discussion on the goals of the federal government officials as well as the rationale for decisions in the prior round. The principal goal of the federal government department in charge of cybersecurity is to provide a secure cyberspace in order to protect citizens, investors and government agencies against attacks and disasters (Barlas, 2004; Carswell, 2012; Norquist, 2004). When the cyber space is insecure, people become nervous and this could destabilize the economy (Carswell, 2012).

The following officials have the following roles:-

Chief Information Officer (CIO) The CIO is tasked with coordinating and making decisions regarding 1) Authorized Software Policy, 2) Backup RAID Levels, ...

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 ...

Abstract

The implementation of health information system in the healthcare settings provides a tremendous improvement in the utilization of data that facilitates a more efficient exchange of knowledge that is crucial in improving the delivery of health services in any medical facility. The decision making process is improved and patient data and medical information are updated and the health information system provides a more promising competence for all health care providers to respond accurately and to comprehensively address every patient’s health care needs. An important aspect of health information system management is keeping every patient record private and safe. Patient information and ...

Computer Personal Use and Security Infringements

Two Dilemmas Concerning Ethics in Information Technology: Computer Personal Use and Security Infringement Ethical dilemmas in Information Technology (IT) remain a continually growing problem as technology increases faster than ever before. IT Professionals are people designing or programming “IT systems or [professionals] in any area who must make decisions and/or set policy about the use of computers” (Payne and Landry 2005, 74). This wide field covers people such as computer programmers, network administrators, systems analysts, information systems executives, network security experts, and many other specific jobs. Two dilemmas encountered in the field of IT are how to deal ...

(i) Persuasive E-Commerce

It describes the use of adaptive technologies based on models and profiles of users, to predict user behavior and subsequently design or issue interactive messages that would respond or create the user’s needs to gain a commercial end. The persuasive e-commerce choose varied means to initiate a change in behavior or attitude, through the identification of distinct strategies that may be implemented separately and then predict the most likely decision depending on the users’ choices (Kaptein & Eckles, 2011). Persuasion profiles/models are based on behavioral data, personality, time; demographic characteristics of the user to create interactive technologies that ...

Introduction

Incident response policy is very important in any organization as they help in advance preparation to respond appropriately when security breaches that are inevitable occurs, or to reduce the down-time when the system fails. If the organization fails to have an incident response policy, there will be high chances of making huge financial losses, slow recovery process, and high risks of collapse (Gordon et al., 2011). In this case, Gem Infosys which is a small company that deals with software has experienced network failures for two days which has made it to stop all its operations. Thus it is necessary ...

EVALUATING SECURITY BREACHES

Legally, fraud is described as the misrepresentation of facts using words or by conduct or by concealment of what should have been disclosed that is intended to deceive a person so that the individual will act to their own injury. Commonly fraud is said to be the act of depriving a person of something by deceit involving misuse of funds or other resources or misappropriation of information. It is characterized by dishonest behaviors such as corruption, bribery, collusion, forgery, false representation, deception and concealment of information. Fraud typically costs the typical U.S. Company 6% of its annual revenues. This translates to ...

Q1. How are Unilever executives’ wireless handhelds related to the company’s business performance?

The handhelds are convenient to carry around and enables the executives to carry out their transactions even when they are not in their offices. It makes it easier for the management to communicate effectively without any interruptions. This makes the business deals to be done in time thus saving on time. The long, bureaucratic procedures that characterize the business industry soon became outdated. This will in turn increase the productivity of the business thus increasing their returns. Much of the time that could have been used in meetings to decide on some issues is further reduced. The meetings are ...

Q. 1: Nature of the information security breach at ChoicePoint and how this adversely affected the organization

Management information system

ChoicePoint is a leading corporation that deals with the risk-management and fraud prevention data. The information security breach was that of the unauthorized people who pretended to be legitimate customers and hacked the system. They got access to personal data and that of more than 145000 other people. They use vague identities and managed to pass the customer authentication and verification without being noticed.

Q. 2: Actions taken by both ChoicePoint and the "authorities" to address the crisis

ChoicePoint became aware of the problem in November 2004. Some accounts in Los Angeles were processing not as expected. It decided contact Los Angeles Police Department and were advised not to expose the ...