ChoicePoint Data Breach Brandon Harvey CSIA 301-7381 August 8‚ 2012 Professor Abraham Bloom Abstract The ChoicePoint data breach occurred in 2005. This insider data breach brought to light how a company can still be vulnerable to having data stolen from its databases even without any type of hacking of their system. By not properly vetting request for new accounts and request for information led to the theft of over a hundred thousand records of people’s personal information. ChoicePoint Data
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Working in-groups may sometimes be time-consuming and unproductive‚ but there are also some tangible and intangible rewards that we benefit from. When you think of tangible rewards‚ you think of something you can see and feel. In a group environment‚ tangible rewards like merchandise and travel‚ the target group has the opportunity to see them and feel them and therefore form an emotional attachment to them. Cash awards do not provide the long-lasting effects of merchandise since cash awards are
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Tangible and Intangible Assets Jennifer Geolfos July 19‚ 2012 ACC291 Mary Larsen Tangible and Intangible Assets Tangible and intangible assets include everything listed under total assets on the balance sheet. “Assets consist of resources a business owns‚” (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚ 2010‚ p. 12). Tangible assets would include land‚ land improvements‚ buildings‚ and equipment. These types of asset would be classified as fixed assets. “Intangible assets are rights‚ privileges‚ and
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something that tends to stimulate or spur individual or group action. A reward is something tangible or intangible that is given to an individual or group for a service. Rewards are given for one of two reasons: (1) outstanding performance of assigned duties and tasks‚ or (2) unique contributions to the organization either job-related or non-job-related (Tracey‚ 1999). Tangible and Intangible Rewards Tangible rewards (money‚ treats‚ certificates‚ extra privileges‚ etc.) are external ways of motivating
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CASE WRITE-UP Case: Adobe Data Breach 1. About the Case On October 3‚ 2013‚ The Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States of America discovered that there was a cyber-attack on their network during its regular monitoring of security check. The hackers made it through breaking in to the network and stole the sensitive and personal data of the customers which includes encrypted credit and debit card information‚ illegal access of customer ID ’s and also source code of other various Adobe
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Alpharetta‚ Georgia‚ ChoicePoint was formerly a struggling insurance services unit of Equifax. Derek Smith successfully trimmed its labor-intensive operations and replaced them with technologically based ones‚ which resulted in both higher growth and higher margins. This allowed the company to spin off from Equifax and become publicly traded in 1997. The company’s initial focus was data services for the insurance industry. As its business matured and expanded‚ ChoicePoint also entered into non-insurance
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ChoicePoint Executive Summary The data broker industry has contributed positively to many aspects in our communities. From one end it helped in assessing different types of businesses in managing and evaluating risks‚ detecting possible frauds‚ lowering the risk of costly hiring mistakes‚ provide information services to law enforcements helping locating missing children and identifying suspects‚ and many others. These contributions managed to benefit different stakeholders in a lot of fields
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Case Name: Security at TJX Problem Statement How should the new CIO of TJX work to strengthen security around the IT infrastructure to prevent‚ detect‚ and analyze security breaches that had previously allowed hackers to steal sensitive data? Background 1 Describe the company/department 1 History 1 Founded in 1976 2 Operate 8 business under TJX 1 TJ Maxx 2 Marshalls 3 HomeGoods 4 A.J Wright 5 Bob’s Stores 6 Winners 7 Home Sense 8 TK Maxx
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HBR Case Study Security Breach at TJX 1. What are the (a) people‚ (b) work process and (c) technology failure points in TJX’s security that require attention? While it is known that all retailers‚ large and small‚ are vulnerable to attacks‚ several factors including people‚ work process‚ and technology require attention so as to prevent another major attack from hitting TJX. The people associated with the attack who need attention are the top-level executives and‚ more importantly‚ the Payment
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has made many lives easier‚ but with this ease‚ comes with many risks. People are becoming savvier about how to break into computer systems and access personal information. For many people‚ this is considered a breach of security. According to wisegeek.com‚ a security breach is “an incursion into a computer or network of computers‚ usually by hackers or malicious software that compromises sensitive data or causes damage to computers or network function.”1 Most of the time these so-called “computer
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