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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Nowadays‚ security breaches are prevalent in our environment‚ both physical and logical. Different types of unauthorized access are conducted by different groups of individuals for different purposes. One good example of breach is the TJX data theft that happened sometime in mid-2005 and on subsequent dates from mid-May 2006 to mid-January 2007. The TJX data theft is considered as the largest case of intrusion of data to occur to date. According to the article‚ the data stolen by hackers were
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Utah Department of Health Data Security Breach September 12‚ 2013 Accounting Information Systems Utah Department of Health Data Security Breach Introduction On March 10‚ 2012‚ thousands of people fell victim to having their social security numbers‚ birthdays‚ names‚ addresses‚ and even their medical diagnosis stolen by computer hackers. On April 2‚ 2012‚ the breach was realized and 780‚000 people learned that their identities were stolen and would now need to monitor their credit
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INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS Home Depot Security Breach Prepared By ADAEZE ‘DAISY’ OCHIEZE PRESENTED TO Dr. C. Harben MBA 6090 Strategy Design and Implementation FALL 2014 Contents Introduction 3 Decision Makers 4 Problem Statement 4 Identify Alternatives 4 Analysis of Alternatives 5 Alternative One 5 Alternative Two 6 Alternative Three 7 Alternative Four 7 Alternative Five 8 Recommendation 9 Implementation 9 Evaluation 10 Generalization 11 References 12 Introduction Founded
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T.J.X. Companies‚ Inc. Final Case Study Report Nichols College T.J.X. Companies‚ Inc. is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States and worldwide‚ ranking number 115 in the most recent Fortune 500 listings. They have the broadest demographic reaches in retail‚ all of which have enabled them to achieve successful‚ and profitable growth year after year‚ through many types of economic and retail cycles. With over
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eStore at Shell Case Analysis – Student sample Case Synopsis In 2002 Shell Canada‚ a large Oil and Gas company‚ launched the eStore software application to service their price-sensitive Agricultural market segment by offering a lower cost service. Calvin Wright (eProduct manager) helped implement the eStore application‚ which was geared to service this Agricultural Segment market. The Agricultural Segment was considered by Shell to be high costs since local sales representatives were used in
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TJX- SECURITY BREACH MGSC 6201-02 INDUSTRY/COMPANY CONTEXT: TJX Companies‚ based in Framingham‚ MA‚ was a major participant in the discount fashion and retail industry. The TJX brand had presence in the United States as well as in Canada and Europe. In mid-2005‚ investigators were made aware of serious security breaches experienced in TJX’s credit card system. These breaches were first found at a Marshall’s located in St Paul‚ MN in which the hackers implemented a “war driving” tactic to steal
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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 hackers” find ways to evade security systems to steal important personal information such as social security numbers‚ home addresses and banking information. These
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iPad’s Security Breach Meredith Morrison Strayer University BUS 508 [ November 26‚ 2012 ] Dr. Ronald Steffel The Goatse Security firm’s possible objectives when they hacked into AT&T’s Website was to test for security. If they could hack into the system‚ so can any other hacker (iPad Security Breach‚ 2010). The Goatse Security firm wanted to confirm that if they could gather e-mail addresses‚ discovering vulnerability‚ so can people who are hackers. “We’ve reached out to the
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A National Security Breach Citi mortgage‚ a subsidiary of Citi Bank has issued a national PR release. Citi Mortgage of Fenton‚ Missouri‚ has publicly notified the public as of May 20‚ 2006 several hundred mortgage applications filed by previous Citi Mortgage customers have been lost by The United Parcel Service package company of Earth City‚ Missouri. Citi mortgage member’s social security numbers‚ salary information‚ bank account identification numbers and the home address of clients and their
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