Literature Review
Data breaches is a term that our society is becoming all too familiar with. They have been occurring more often throughout the past couple of years. An article titled “Data Breaches Keep Privacy & Security Lawyers Increasingly Busy and Looking for Recruits” written by Steven T. Taylor (2012) states “those in the business of cybercrime and protecting against cybercrime may think of 2011 as the year of the breach.”(p. 2) Cyber security has always been a big issue but the more breaches there were the more serious of an issue it became. In 2011 these data breaches affected huge companies and corporations such as Citigroup, Lockheed Martin and many others. The article discusses that it is hard to know whether these data breaches were being done from the inside or not. Not being able to determine the source of these major leaks is a scary thought. These breaches affect more than just the company and the people directly involved. Consumers and investors are going to be turned away from companies that are having security issues and as the article states, lawyers are being kept very busy.
According to Taylor (2012) “They’re working long hours to keep up to date on a river of new regulations flowing from Washington and state legislatures, advise clients on ways to prevent such e-spills, perform triage when breaches happen, and conduct a range of other activities.” (p. 2) Not only, are businesses losing money when breaches happen because people do not want to have relations with that company anymore, they also have to spend money on lawyers to help protect themselves against any future issues that may arise.
Data breaches and cyber-attacks are a major issue and yet things such as password security are still too weak. Making a password for websites and accounts is unavoidable. People mix up their passwords and often times make them easy so they can remember them. Unfortunately, this is a huge mistake. Passwords need to be complex, they need to have lower case and capital
According to Taylor (2012) “They’re working long hours to keep up to date on a river of new regulations flowing from Washington and state legislatures, advise clients on ways to prevent such e-spills, perform triage when breaches happen, and conduct a range of other activities.” (p. 2) Not only, are businesses losing money when breaches happen because people do not want to have relations with that company anymore, they also have to spend money on lawyers to help protect themselves against any future issues that may arise.
Data breaches and cyber-attacks are a major issue and yet things such as password security are still too weak. Making a password for websites and accounts is unavoidable. People mix up their passwords and often times make them easy so they can remember them. Unfortunately, this is a huge mistake. Passwords need to be complex, they need to have lower case and capital