Chapter 6.7, Problem 4SGDQ

Explanation of Solution

Data Breach:

A security event of unintentional release of secures or confidential data is transmitted or stolen or used by untrusted surroundings is referred as “data breach”.

• Most data breaches involved in unstructured data such as files, sensitive data or documents.
• There is a list of data breaches, has been collected using various sources, which includes government news, reports, articles, and so on.
• One the data breaches from the list is “Home Depot”.

Home Depot:

The “Home Depot” is a retailing American home development company, which sells construction goods, tools, and services.

• It is one of the largest home development retailer company, which is organized in warehouse style contains wide range of stores.

Data Breaches at Home Depot:

Home Depot declared that about 56 million customers credit/debit card might be breached in a data theft on its payment system in U...