TJX Companies List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? TJX companies had very little security measures in place‚ and even the ones they had were mostly outdated. The company was using a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) network encryption system. By today’s standards‚ and even at the time of intrusion‚ it is a fairly insecure system and is considered easy to hack into. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)‚ a more complex encryption system‚ was already available at the
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TJX‚ comprised of T.J.Maxx‚ Home Goods‚ and Marshalls‚ experienced increased sales in the year of 2012. TJX reaches out to customers not only in the United States‚ but also in Canada and Europe. It has been a long term goal for TJX to increase the diversity of their customers‚ and fortunately‚ more and more young customers have been shopping with TJX this past year. TJX is a $26 billion dollar business and CEO Carol Meyrowitz hopes to reach a $40 billion dollar goal in the near future. Sales
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Checkpoint – TJX Companies IT/205 Joshua Bailey The credit card data theft that TJX Companies experienced happened because they were using WEP wireless security‚ which is the weakest form of wireless encryption today‚ and hackers could access the credit card data easily. If TJX had taken the time to implement a stronger encryption method‚ thousands of dollars would have been saved by the company. Proper site surveying could also have prevented the attackers from making a breach. TJX Companies
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Sony Play Station Security Breach It is almost impossible to find the top reasons why most security breaches happen on a secure network compromising hundreds to thousands of users’ personal information. To protect a network and thoroughly secure confidential information‚ one has to examine the top vulnerabilities and think outside of the normal box to protect it. When a security breach happens‚ there is usually a pretty simple reason why it has happened. I will discuss one of the highly publicized
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Security Breaches On December 19th Target revealed that 40 million credit and debit card accounts were compromised by a data breach. The information had appeared to be stole around black friday of 2013. This is the busiest shopping day of the year.The retailer said that the information stolen between November 27 and December 15‚ 2013 included personal information of as many as 70 million people more than the 40 million the company originally estimated. Target discovered the breach on December 13th
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The TJX company did not have many security controls put in place to prevent something like this from happening. The company used Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption system to handle their client’s credit and debit card information. This system was very easy for any hacker to gain access to people’s information. It was completely out of date and did not encrypt anything within the company‚ which made it more vulnerable. They did not install firewall security correctly. TJX had purchased many other
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theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: • List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? • What tools and technologies could have been used to fix the weaknesses? • What was the business effect of TJX’s data loss on TJX‚ consumers
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iPad’s Security Breach Assignment #4: iPad’s Security Breach BUS 508 Business Enterprise Professor Steven Brown Strayer University February 27‚ 2011 Discuss Goatse Security firm possible objectives when they hacked into AT&T’s Website. Goatse Security is not a security firm. This is a loose-knit‚ nine-person hacker group that specializes in uncovering security flaws. Its nature has been variously described as white hat‚ gray hat‚ or black hat
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top reasons why most security breaches happen on a secure network compromising hundreds to thousands of users’ personal information. This happens today more often than one would like to think and the consequences are astronomical for users‚ employees and customers of the companies. To protect a network and thoroughly secure confidential information‚ one has to examine the top vulnerabilities and think outside of the normal box to protect the network. When a security breach happens‚ there is usually
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BREACH AT X • What are the people‚ work processes and technology failure points that require attention? • What practices led to the security breach in TJX and why did such a smart andprofitable organization as TJX face such a situation? • Was TJX a victim of ingenious cyber crooks or did it create risk by cutting corners? Background a. Describe the company/department History 1. TJX was the largest apparel and home fashion retailer in United States
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