In December 2013, criminals forced their way into systems, gaining access to guest credit and debit card information. It was determined that certain guest information was also taken, for example, the information included names, mailing addresses, email addresses or phone numbers. The massive data breaches at Target were broken into the retailer's network using login credentials stolen from a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company. The hackers first tested the data-stealing malware on a small number of cash registers. The cost of the breach was far reaching to Target, customers, employees and banks.…
In 2013, in the days prior to Black Friday, hackers stole credit card information for millions of Target customers. The hackers set their traps and planned the data’s escape course. They uploaded exfiltration malware to move stolen credit card numbers. To cover their tracks, they first moved the stolen numbers to staging points spread around the United States. The information was then moved into the hackers’ computers in Russia.…
Our group decided to discuss the Target breach. This breach occurred in 2013 when they stated hackers broke into the retailer’s network using login credentials stolen from a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company that does work for Target at a number of locations. This company called Fazio had access rights to Target’s network for carrying out tasks like remotely monitoring energy consumption and temperatures at various stores. The attackers leveraged the access provided by the Fazio credentials to move around undetected on Target’s network and upload malware programs on the company’s point of sale systems. The hackers first tested the date-stealing malware on a small number of cash registers.…
November 6, 2014, Home Depot Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer was hacked by cybercriminals. Hackers gained access to Home Depot Inc., systems by stealing a password from a vendor. The hackers were able to breach Home Depot computer system and steal information for 56 million credit and debit card accounts and 53 million email address of customers. Although, the hackers had only access to the perimeter of Home Depot networks it was a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows which allowed them to fully breach the network. Moreover, the hackers were able to infiltrate the company’s point-of-sale system using high lever permissions, which allowed them to deploy malware on Home Depot self -check out system.…
Understanding Business Home Solutions There are several factors to consider as a small-business consultant for Home Solutions. Home Solutions plans on opening two new stores so they will need to take into consideration their finances and the potential cash flow problems due to growth. In this paper I will talk about why there is potential for cash flow problems and possible solutions to avoid and recover from potential cash flow problems. Opening two new stores, Home Solutions will need to do some financial planning. “Expanding into new markets can be expensive with no guarantee of success.”…
The first company is Heartland Payment Systems (HPS), this company hit the headlines in January of 2009 when they became victim to one of the largest data security beaches in U.S. history. Although the actual number of credit card details stolen has never been confirmed, it was said to be in the tens of millions. This was carried out over a four-month period when HPS was processing over one hundred million transactions per month. It is surprising to hear that only two weeks before this malware attack took place, HPS were audited and achieved accreditation of being PCI Compliant by their Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). (Hays, 2012).…
TSC Stores, Supply Chain Management for Profitable Growth Brad is currently in a process of creating a long term supply chain strategy that will support the company’s corporate growth, cost objective and also the program of the Project 275. However, the rapidly growing volumes and complexities in the supply chain are causing concerns, and Brad is worried that the company may not be able to handle the planned growth. In addition to that the company is faced with several other challenges that threaten its plans, namely, stock-outs in stores and DC, low service level, too much inventory in enterprise, slow inventory turnover, and tied up working capital. 1. What does your analysis of the data in Exhibit 3 suggest that Brad Twiddy might want…
C. Common Causes of Data Breach The four common causes of data breaches includes the absence of policy, unencrypted dives, lack of security defenses and insider negligence [22]. Insider negligence of private information is one of the top reasons for a data breach. This includes an employee accident that leads to a data breach, and the use of a third-party that is negligent. For example, in 2009 an unencrypted laptop was stolen from the car of an Oregon Health & Science University employee which exposed the information of about 1,000 patients.…
Introduction This is business case of Woolworths which one of the largest retail chains in South Africa. Woolworth is very broad company that doesn’t focus on one type of product but plenty of products, the retail sell clothes, food, and home ware and also provide financial services. So as Woolworth carters different product it must have a simple that can allow or enable Woolworth to increase the speed that it process the customer product at till point, so the product the can use is call self-checkout point where the customer checks their product themselves and pay without the help of cashier. Executive summary…
The nature of operations management in IKEA has been the type in which the customer is kept as the central focus. IKEA has kept its focus on designing, producing and delivering products and services that satisfy the market requirements. IKEA has changed many aspects of its operations in order to satisfy customers and make them feel at ease (Slack, 2015). IKEA was aware that many of its customers loved their products, but they were simple frustrated with the way designing of the store was done which made them go through the entire store instead of to a specific part and purchase what they want. Due to this issue, IKEA changed its designing of store to meet customer satisfaction.…
Introduction This report is prepared for Shalom, who is considering purchasing shares in a company, ‘The Warehouse Group’. This report is aimed to provide Shalom with an analysis of the company and the viability of the investment in shares in ‘The Warehouse Group’. The Warehouse Group consists of four major segments which are: • The Warehouse (Red Sheds) • Torpedo 7 • Noel Lemmings • Warehouse…
Online Retailing and Technology In the textbook, the author includes a case about showrooming. I guess going to physically look at a product you might want is a good idea, but I do find it rude when you buy from a different store online right in front of the sales associate. I mean you could’ve waited until you left the store or when the associate walks away.…
Hacking refers to a threat that breaches computers or a network of computers to gain confidential information, harm businesses and government and make a profit. Professionals that hacks the system are known as Hackers. Hackers break into the code of the system to enter the databases of organizations such as Government agencies, businesses and individual computers to access the data and misuse it. In order to prevent oneself from getting hacked, organizations use Ethical Hacking technique in which a hacking professional is hired to test the security system of their organization.…
Best Buy uses a business model that does not distinguish between different segments and they will mainly focus on one large group of customers with broadly similar needs and problems, in this case involving technology. Per our textbook, Business Model Generation, “This type of business model is often found in the consumer electronics sector” (Osterwalder and Pigneur 21). “Best Buy has become one of the biggest consumer electronics retailers in the world” (Wilson, “Statistics and facts on Best Buy”). Therefore, since the mass market customer segment is often used in consumer electronics sector, Best Buy must use this sector. Value Propositions • Cost reduction: Best Buy offers price match guarantees to offer the lowest possible prices for their…
HBR CASE STUDY Excel-Pls supply chain management at Haus Mart 1. How is value added in supply chain management through better planning versus better execution? Ans. Supply chain management as we have learnt in this course is managing the movement of goods and services. It involves the storage and flow raw materials, inventory of work in process as well as finished goods from their point of origin to their point of consumption or use.…