Information Security Breaches And Attacks

Modern organizations that utilize technology must now use their resources to protect themselves from malicious cybercrime activities. A “hacker” could illegally intrude into an organizations information network and use accounting software to mine information and steal assets at a relatively low risk of being caught.

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

Moreover, now days using information system is not as walking as in the park, it has many new security treats that the company might lose their confidential data, financial and personal information.

While all of these technologies have enabled exciting changes and opportunities for businesses, they have also created a unique set of challenges for business managers. Chief among all concerns about technology is the issue of information security. It seems to be almost a weekly occurrence to see a news article about yet another breach of security and loss of sensitive data. Many people will remember high profile data breaches from companies such as T.J Maxx, Boston Market, Sports Authority, and OfficeMax. In the case of T.J. Maxx, a data breach resulted in the loss of more than 45 million credit and debit card numbers. In many of these incidents, the root cause is a lack of adequate security practices within the company. The same technologies that enable managers can also be used against them. Because of this, businesses must take appropriate steps to ensure their data remains secure and their communications remain

Corporations are also largely pushing back against this government debate for a backdoor. According to Peterson’s article in the Washington Post, many companies have experienced an increase in security breaches and attacks from criminals in recent years. As a consequence, many of them are working on incorporating harder encryption systems, some of which are designed in such a way that the company does not have access to the “digital keys” that are used to unlock this data. Due to these measures, Sanger and Perlroth found that “when companies like Apple and Facebook are issued court orders to help governments monitor their customers’ messages, all they can do is turn over a stream of unintelligible code.” Supporters of encryption, such as Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook, state that limiting this encryption would damage “customers’ confidence that the most precious data they keep in their phones is safe from garden variety cybercriminals as well as sophisticated nation states that could gain access to keys via hacking” (Sanger and Perlroth). Furthermore, Sanger and Perlroth spoke to a computer security expert named Matt Blaze at the University of Pennsylvania who mentioned that encryption itself is only particularly useful for hiding data and the contents of conversations. Blaze states that encryption does not hide the fact that two parties were in communication, nor does it protect that data when the devices used by the individuals are compromised, implying that encryption

The violation of the information resources of the company was caused by an employee accessing the data systems from an outside source. The information included employee personal information and company manufacturing documents. The security was lax and should not have allowed for such access from outside. The possible impacts are many and must be carefully analyzed.

Information security is often still playing in companies only a minor role. Many companies neglect aspects such as system misuse, sabotage or even espionage. But by now the reality has caught up with them. Straight from abroad there are more hacker attacks and espionage by competitors. Therefore, the law requires different approaches before to ensure information security. Companies must for example ensure that their information-processing systems are protected and kept safe.

Cyber security breaches have shown a spike in 2015, with large-scale compromises on companies like Target, Sony and Home Depot. There is a strong demand to deploy more robust cyber security tools to prevent future attacks. FireEye, a cyber-security firm, has started to fill the void and is reaping the rewards.

Computers are faster than ever before and interconnected in ways no one would have guessed 50+ years ago. In the last couple years, cybersecurity dangers including data breaches have become increasingly prevalent. Advances in technology changes fast, much faster than any current form of government, but that’s not to say government can’t or shouldn’t regulate the technology industry like they do with other industries. With the safety of citizen’s personal information at risk, and potentially billions of dollars worth of damage caused, government needs to step up and protect it’s citizens before another data breach like Equifax happens which could cost upwards of 100 billion dollars. This is why I think data breach disclosure laws need to be

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).

This paper will discuss the possibility of large scale information security breaches, the hardware and software hacked, the hardware and software needed to perform a real-time attack, and the consequences with performing such an attack. This paper will first define any related terms, then describe the information security systems seen in the ‘WATCH_DOGS’ video game, then discuss the various hardware and software involved in an attack in regards to the game and real life, and finally conclude with whether or not the concepts in ‘WATCH_DOGS’ are realistic and possible today.

This paper will discuss accounting information system attacks and failures: who to blame. I am also going to discuss the following related topics in the following order:

The business world is increasingly dependent on technology to supply information and communications facilities to staff, partners, and customers. Securing organizational information and the systems that are used to manage and transmit data has become a high profile function. Failure to secure information can have a severe impact on business

Almost all kind of large and small organizations might face increasing number of attacks into their network or intellectual property. This may lead to data disclosure, data destruction, and damage of organization’s reputation. There are numerous threats in the cyber space which might be capable of stealing, destroying or making use of out sensitive data for financial and non-financial gains. As the amount of computer, mobile and internet users increases, so does the number of exploiters.

Ahmed, A. (2003), The perceived threat of security of computerized accounting information systems, The journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, USA, Vol 3, No. 1, September, pp. 9-20.