Information Security Breach

Every Single day it is indeed a full-time job for the network administrator to keep up with the changing technologies. These new technologies come with new challenges, threats, and vulnerabilities which a smart network administrator must solve to keep the system secure. The network administrator must keep up with new hacking techniques, latest countermeasures, and in-depth knowledge of company’s data to address the suspicious activities and minimize their effects. But then comes the question of Ethics. Should the network administrator access employees’ private emails or websites logs to ensure company’s rules aren’t violated? Is it ok to browse employees’ documents or graphics files stored on the computers or on file servers? So, the network administrator has both charms and pitfalls as he has a huge responsibility to secure the company by carrying out his duties in an ethical way. This paper explains some ethical and social challenges a future network administrator may encounter in a company. The paper also introduces some basic ways the new network administrator can use to maintain a healthy, trustful, and ethical relationship between his work and the society.

The nature of this event describes an internal breach of security in order to access and manipulate sensitive data. This internal breach was caught by the auditor, but the communications from the auditor to those who’s data was breached was intercepted.

A1. The Nature of the incident was that an employee was able to hack into the computer system and gain access to the financial payroll system, human resources and even email system. This employee used several methods in order to gain access into the system: IP spoofing, Data modification, Man in the middle attack and compromised-key attack. As a result the employee was able to tamper with payroll system. An auditor discovered the discrepancies and tried to make upper management aware of the situation through email, but the email was intercepted by the hacker. The hacker impersonated an employee and persuaded the auditor into granting him more access into the system which resulted in additional sabotage into the payroll system. Hacker

Following the security breach that this corporation they had investigation into what happened in the security breach they need to find out who was involve in the breach . I need to also let the manage of the corporation know what was going on and what kind of plan I have come up with to deal with this. I have to determined if this breach is of the appropriate magnitude, if I need to share it with press or not . As the tech for the information system department at this corporation .I need to make sure that I will give notify the department in which the breach happened. I will provide a brief description of the security breach that happened. I also need to make sure that I compromised shall be notified in the most expedient time as possible

So as companies evolve into the tech savvy world that utilizes both the intranet, and the internet they can continue to see greater and greater misuse among their workforce. To this end it is necessary for companies to develop stricter compliance models that prompts users when unauthorized access is tried while at work. Furthermore in this case study the author has also revealed that this IT employee has also argued that his rights were violated when the company entered his prior office. The text quoted this as “After the employee was arrested and charged with crimes, he argued that the FBI had violated his constitutional rights by searching his computer without a warrant” (Walsh, 2013, p.619). To explore this very valid point it is clear in the case study that it was not the FBI that searched the computer the company had made a copy of the hard drive outside of the site or proximity of the FBI. Also it is clear that the FBI has taken the word of the company officials by accepting the copy as evidence. The fact still remains that the FBI at any time cane seize the computer and verify the existence of the child pornography sites visited to validate the copies content for prosecution. As for whether or not the FBI violated the IT employee’s constitutional rights they had not because they didn’t invade his office or investigate the hard drive of the computer. These pieces of evidence were provided willingly by the IT employee’s employer to the FBI for consideration of prosecution of the law. So to answer the case study question whether or not there had been a violation of the reasonable expectation of privacy on the IT employee’s computer? The answer is no, the computer is the property of the company and

This paper assesses security vulnerabilities within Jacket-X Corporation’s information systems. Jacket-X research laboratory is located near a main university which can cause vulnerabilities when attempting to access the Corporation’s networks. Jacket-X Corporation commenced a security vulnerability assessment after a senior executive’s laptop breached the network due to malware on his computer after allowing his son to use it. In his return before connecting the laptop to the company’s network he did not do anti-virus scans or consulted with a member of the IT department to examine the laptop for any malware that could be on the company’s laptop. In addition a security vulnerability that was identified in the case study was

When researching major security breaches that companies have endured, the company that really interested me was Home Depot. The company had a sever security breach in 2014, in which over 40 million credit card numbers and 50 million emails were compromised over a five-month period. As mentioned, the breach occurred in 2014 over a course of five-months. During the duration of those five months, an intruder obtained a vendor’s credentials and gained access to the company’s network. The security hack affected individuals who lived in the United States and Canada who had used the personal self-checkout machines at the stores. The impact the breach had on the company was frightful. The amount of repercussions the breach had on the company lasted for a long time. As a result of the breach, many lawsuits arose from whole situation. After the end of the trials, Home Depot paid 8.7 million in legal fees and had a 161 million pre tax expenses that covered the incident.

With technology today hackers can gain access into a company’s system and retrieve information. Theft of company hardware is a limitation. A person can steal a company’s computer hard drives that have valuable information stored on them and retrieve the information off them.

Data breaches and data loss is a severe issue when it comes to cloud computing. Since some or all of the infrastructure is located off site at the cloud services infrastructure, we do not control the overall security of the system. If an attacker gains access to the cloud computing system, even if it is through a different customers account there is a chance that they could gain access to our data that is stored on the cloud services system. These data breaches can expose our customers private data such as names, addresses, and account information. If the cloud company does not properly store credit card numbers it may expose them as well (Babcock, 2014).

Regardless of the fact that they happen quite often, both internal and external security breaches are surprisingly unforeseen by many corporations. It is imperative that companies know how to go about dealing with one when a breach does occur. It seems that “the best approach to forensic response is to plan the response before an incident occurs” (Week 5 Lecture). There should be a way for employees to know how to handle a security breach and prevent future occurrences. Each individual company needs to have a standard operating procedure that discusses the processes for e-mail, acceptable use, physical security, and incident response.

Generally, when a hacker attacks the personal information, in these cases the authorities suggests companies

Any incident that results in the unauthorized access of the applications, services or data by bypassing the security mechanisms is known as a Security breach or Security violation. Security breaches are usually used within the context of companies or government institutions where security defenses are bypassed so that the intruders can access the confidential information, which can include highly sensitive data. There can be many internal and external threats that can result in a security breach. The consequences of security breach can be high based on what type of sensitive data is stolen or viewed. Ukraine Power Grid Cyber Attack is a kind of security breach that took place on 23rd December 2015 and is known as first successful

As a future information security professional, you must understand the scope of an organization’s legal and ethical responsibilities. The information security professional plays an important role in an organization’s approach to managing liability for privacy and security risks. In the modern litigious societies of the world, sometimes laws are enforced in civil courts, where large damages can be awarded to plaintiffs who bring suits against organizations. Sometimes these damages are punitive assessed as a deterrent. To minimize liability and reduce risks from electronic and physical threats, and to reduce all losses from legal action, information security practitioners must thoroughly understand the current legal environment, stay current with laws and regulations, and watch for new and emerging issues. By educating the management and employees of an organization on their legal and ethical obligations and the proper use of information technology and information security, security professionals can help keep an organization focused on its primary objectives. In the first part of this chapter, you learn about the legislation and regulations that affect the management of information in an organization. In the second part, you learn about the ethical issues related to information security, and about several professional organizations with established codes of ethics. Use this chapter as both a reference to the legal aspects of information security and as an aide

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