Cmgt 441 Information Security Research Paper
Information Security Paper
Masters Degree in Information Technology & Data Security (MSIT/ MSc)
Kirk Samuda
CMGT/441
April , 2009
Professor Mc Nickle
The proliferation of hacking has activated new realization to the importance of security, information security that is; highlighting the need for a more technological and revolutionary methodology applicable to combating cyber criminology. According to politico.com in an article written by Jonathan Fahey on December 22, 2013, very clear is the fact that the hacking of Target Stores is a distinct reflection of two fundamental premises that must be changed. The first premise exposes a technological algorithm that is old and directed along a pathway that lingers on twentieth …show more content…
What is very clear is that millions of customers, shoppers at various Target Store locations had their financial information stolen. However, what isn’t so clear is how to prevent an attack of this type from recurring. To implement an effective preventative platform, hack proof mechanisms and trained employees must be used simultaneously to monitor, identify, and possibly eliminate virtual foreign and unauthorized invasion. If the invasion includes brute force access, it must immediately be considered an attack on information, causing immediate and drastic measures to be executed impromptu. In approaching preventative mechanisms that are effective against hacking, it is very important that both awareness and attitude is first changed, and then perceptions of information security and how to secure data must be allowed to
Masters Degree in Information Technology & Data Security (MSIT/ MSc)
Kirk Samuda
CMGT/441
April , 2009
Professor Mc Nickle
The proliferation of hacking has activated new realization to the importance of security, information security that is; highlighting the need for a more technological and revolutionary methodology applicable to combating cyber criminology. According to politico.com in an article written by Jonathan Fahey on December 22, 2013, very clear is the fact that the hacking of Target Stores is a distinct reflection of two fundamental premises that must be changed. The first premise exposes a technological algorithm that is old and directed along a pathway that lingers on twentieth …show more content…
What is very clear is that millions of customers, shoppers at various Target Store locations had their financial information stolen. However, what isn’t so clear is how to prevent an attack of this type from recurring. To implement an effective preventative platform, hack proof mechanisms and trained employees must be used simultaneously to monitor, identify, and possibly eliminate virtual foreign and unauthorized invasion. If the invasion includes brute force access, it must immediately be considered an attack on information, causing immediate and drastic measures to be executed impromptu. In approaching preventative mechanisms that are effective against hacking, it is very important that both awareness and attitude is first changed, and then perceptions of information security and how to secure data must be allowed to