Security breaches

Data breaches caused by illegal hacking at Target were in themselves tragedies and worrisome events; not only for the company, but for the customers in general who shop at the store locations nation-wide. However, considering various steps taken by Target upon realization of the breaches, it is hard to defend or picture exact wrongful doings or violation of laws by Target. Let’s keep in mind that electronic data and information breaches are hard to prevent; this is mostly due to…

Another physical threat to supply chain security is related to facility maintenance and how it can be structurally vulnerable. These vulnerabilities can come in many forms but can be protected with a variety of access controls such as perimeter security (i.e. fencing, barriers, security guards, etc.), and monitoring equipment such as surveillance and alarm systems. It is imperative that preventive maintenance procedures are scheduled for these security devices to identify any environmental…

Data breaches and cyber attacks have become increasing more common, last year there were huge data breaches at large companies such as Target, Sony, Ebay, P.F. Chang’s, Domino’s pizza and many many more (McGregor, 2014). According to ITRC, 2015, “The number of U.S. data breaches tracked in 2014 hit a record high of 783 in 2014.” (para. 1) When a data breach occurs it means that sensitive data has been viewed, stolen or otherwise used by party that did not have authorization to that data. Data…

main security threats affecting SMEs and what defences could be put in place to eliminate or minimise these threats? First we need to ask if there is a problem regarding security against SMEs and if so how large is this problem? Looking at the BIS ISBS 2015 we can clearly see a worrying increase in breaches when compared to the slight decrease that was reported in the surveys report of 2014. 74% of small businesses reported a breach in 2015 up from 60% a year ago. (BIS, 2015) Of these breaches…

their online bank has been hacked into. Digitization, the process of making information digitally stored on a computer, should not have been fully implemented in many venues, such as healthcare, retail, and government entities, because inadequate security measures have not been taken to properly protect digitized information. Recently a major problem…

preponderant challenges emerge in today’s society related to governmental security breaches and public mass shootings, higher education institutions are placing more accentuation than ever upon risk mitigation. Within the IT department at Southside Virginia Community College, risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to factors focusing on human characteristics behaviour and its impacts on information security ultimately associated with risks. To be prosperous,…

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…

official U.S. military website, report that the better marketing, attractive bonuses, and repayment of student loans might attract more cyber civilian workforce. (Vergun). The cyber security market is growing rapidly because of the increase in adoption of cyber security solutions, due to the increase in security breaches targeting enterprises. To bring up an entire cyber army, it is also important to motivate the white-collar hackers to work in favor and support of the government. “Pentagon…

connection provided by the hospitals or the public wifi (in case of patients) which raises high security risk as the data can be easily pulled. This risk can be minimized by ensuring that while accessing this data, the hand held device connects using VPN(Virtual Private Network) which encrypts the data and then transmits the data across the internet leading to a better security of the ePHI data. Though HIPAA Security rule permits the ePHI data to be transmitted via email, there are three…

Every business is required by law to have some form of security policy in place that will protect their customer’s information. How robust these policies are, may, and do, differ from company to company and can depend on many different factors unique to each individual business. Information security is very important and at my widget company it would be my responsibility and ethical duty to do everything in my power to find out how my system was breached and exactly what customers information…