Ethics are important in all aspects of life because they govern interactions that are considered socially acceptable. Ethics are important particularly in business, because when violated, can have serious ramifications for the success of a company and the welfare of its customers. Unfortunately, breaches do occur, most recently in the case of a credit card data company from Georgia. Equifax committed a serious breach of ethics after not preventing, detecting, and reporting an information systems breach. Equifax breached ethical handling of sensitive data by not preventing a breach. Being in the business of information should warrant nothing but the best in data security techniques, which includes regular maintenance of systems used to store
