Target Data Breach Charles Moore American Military University Abstract Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1‚700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year. Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as
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TARGET DATA BREACH 2013/14 Introduction There are many types of breaches that can occur when it comes to secure systems and networks. The target breach of 2013/14 was due to human error. It is said that the company had easily stolen credentials. If there was the necessary secure measures taken‚ this breach could have been stopped. Target did not have an adequate firewall which is why the hackers were able to corrupt the system and steal personal information and credit card information. This whole
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The Target data breach is a very good example of the risks of using single level/layer defense strategies for information security in an organization. In fact‚ it taught us and the organizations in the information security industry a very valuable lesson as to how important is it to employ strategies like Defense in Depth‚ Critical Controls etc.‚ Below is a brief summary of steps that can be taken to avoid such attacks. I’ve included the chain of different events that led to the Target Data breach
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Introduction: Data breach has always been a sensitive topic‚ let alone when the data breach is related to banking. In the mean time‚ there’s a breach was found happened to the online banking system of the competitive bank of First Union Bank‚ and the hacker had stolen quantities of customers’ personal information and data. It has been an alarm for all the banks‚ it reminds the whole society to be alert of the damage caused by the data breach. The Chief Information Officer of the First Union Bank
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Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks‚ thieves steal employee
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the Customer Data Breach in Target Corporation Introduction to Target Corporation Target Corporation‚ which is one of the leading retail companies the United States‚ was founded in 1902. The first target store was opened in 1962. Through the 52 years rapid development‚ Target stores are now located in over 1‚924 places. About 90% of the stores are located within the United States‚ the other 10% stores are in Canada‚ Australia‚ and other countries (Target‚ 2014). All
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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 Breach
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Target faced a slew of challenges because of the aftermath of the 2013 data breach which affected up to 70 million consumers personal information (Riley et al.‚ 2014). Most of which could have been prevented if they had the principle managerial functions in place. CEO Greg Steinhafel lacked in many of these areas to which led to his ouster at Target. Greg Steinhafel made many bad decisions during his time‚ whether it is a botched expansion into Canada‚ or the mishaps before and after the data breach
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Ashely Madison‚ a website that promotes extra-marital affairs was subject to a massive data breach earlier this year; personal details of some 37 million users‚ as well as the companies financial records‚ were threatened with release. Subsequently‚ large caches of the data were posted online and a then-unknown hacking outfit named The Impact Team claimed responsibility. This breach not only compromised the data from the Ashley Madison database‚ but also Avid Life Media‚ who owns the Madison website
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using the data stored in cyberspace. The United States government
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