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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Sample HIPAA Breach Notification Letter [Patient Name] [Patient Address] Dear [Patient]: We are sending this letter to you as part of [Provider]’s commitment to patient privacy. We take patient privacy very seriously‚ and it is important to us that you are made fully aware of a potential privacy issue. We have learned that your personal information‚ including name‚ address‚ ___________‚ ___________‚ and __________‚ may have been compromised. On [give date of discovery]‚ it was discovered
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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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One of the most common responses I get from small-business owners when I talk to them about data security goes something like this: "Who would want to steal anything from us? It’s not like we’re the NSA." The hard truth is that any business is a target for bad guys. Just like any home can get robbed‚ any car can get stolen‚ and any eBay account can get hacked. It doesn’t matter what kind of business you’re in. You are vulnerable. * * Startup Books * Free Trade Magazines * Classifieds
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the failure points in TJX’s security that requires attention (including‚ but not limited to: People‚ Work Process‚ and Technology)? After analyzing the Ivey case on TJX data fiasco‚ I would say there were three major failure points that caused this $168MM financial hit to the corporation. • Technology: it is obvious that TJX had several technology deficiencies mainly driven by systems limitations and vulnerability. For example‚ inadequate wireless network security allowed the hackers to attack
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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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known as TJX reported an IT security breach. The intrusion involved the portion of its network that handles credit card‚ debit card‚ check‚ and merchandise return functions. Facts slowly began to emerge that roughly 94 million customers’ credit card numbers were stolen from TJMaxx and Marshalls throughout 2006. It was believed that hackers sat in the parking lots and infiltrated TJX using their wireless network. Most retailers use wireless networks to transmit data throughout the stores main
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Introduction Numerous data breaches and computer intrusions have been disclosed by the nation’s largest data brokers‚ retailers‚ educational institutions‚ government agencies‚ health care entities‚ financial institutions‚ and Internet businesses. A data breach may occur when there is a loss or theft of‚ or other unauthorized access to‚ data containing sensitive personal information that results in the potential compromise of the confidentiality or integrity of data. Sensitive personal information
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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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