Security breach

small business’s secrets is one of the worst things imaginable. Unfortunately, data security breaches are happening more often. “But I have a small business,” you’re thinking. “No one would take the time to hack into my systems and steal my information.” Quite the contrary. According to Stephen Cobb, a senior security researcher, small businesses are the perfect target for hacking. Large companies use a great deal of resources to ensure data security. However, small businesses do not follow the same practice. This makes their systems more attractive to hackers. In fact, 97% of small-to-medium business do not prioritize efforts to heighten data security. As a result, 60% of all data breacheshappen to small-to-medium businesses.…

Effects of Security Breaches Breaches come in many shapes and sizes, from rather harmless website defacements perpetrated by hacktivist groups or bored, gifted youngsters, to data being accidentally exposed, to data being stolen by professional crackers and later traded in the black market or used to blackmail the company (Krausz, Michael, and John Walker). Not all security breaches are of the same scale, and, naturally, not all breaches affect a company the same way. These security breaches…

Did you know that the average cost of a typical data breach is $5.4 million in the United States? A data breach can take a toll on a company of any size and consumers alike, which is why it is so important for both consumers and companies to take necessary precautions to reduce the risk of breaches. Security Breaches have a compound impact on both consumers and businesses. Consumers shop with companies under the faith that their personal information will be protected. When a security breach…

BEST PRACTICES WHEN BREACHES OCCUR Security includes the “CIA triagle” of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. So, anyone making an effort to protect the security of data, and subsequently databases, should have a goal of protecting all three facets. According to Shon Harris, the confidentiality portion of security is defined as preventing unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, integrity is preventing unauthorized modification of systems and data, and availability is…

average cost of a typical data breach is $5.4 million in the United States? A data breach can take a toll on a company of any size and consumers alike, which is why it is so important for both consumers and companies to take necessary precautions to reduce the risk of breaches. Data security breaches have a compound impact on both consumers and businesses. Once data breaches have been detected consumers must find a way to protect their personal information, and businesses have to find a way…

filing electronic or personal health records online, anything is possible in regards to security breaches. Sometimes they can be avoided. Other times hackers are able to crack codes in encrypted data. When this happens, the clinic or hospital is held responsible for patients’ confidential information such as social security numbers and credit cards becoming accessible by an unauthorized third party. In July 2010, the Attorney General’s office was informed of a security breach involving at least…

data is secure. There are numerous cases in which data security breaches have had companies in the headlines for reason they wish they weren’t. During this case study report we will discuss two such breaches in detail and outline where the companies went wrong. The first company is Heartland Payment Systems (HPS), this company hit the headlines in January of 2009 when they became victim to one of the largest data security beaches in U.S. history. Although the actual number of credit card…

databased was compromised by someone that used their credentials to run a query. The breach was not discovered until January 2015. Anthem Inc. security breach was made public in February 2015, and affected at least 80 millions of people. Anthem was at the moment the second-largest health insurance company in the nation. Their president and CEO, Joseph Swedish said to the media: “Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber-attack. These attackers gained unauthorized access to…

Target Security Breach 2014 On December 15th, 2013, Target verified they were hacked. In as little as two weeks, millions of customer’s credit card and personal information were electronically stolen. Whose fault was it, technology or people? The Target security breach was successful because of two human failures. Target hired a “team of security specialists in Bangalore” who where part of FireEye, a recognized computer security firm, to monitor their computers at all times (Riley). This…

Introduction: On Wednesday May 31st, 2017 unspecified number of Kmart stores which are owned by Sears Holding Corp became prey of malware attack. Their point-of -sale system had been infected by malware and their customer’s payment card data got exposed to hackers. Summary The security breach happened at Kmart affected unspecified number of stores which has compromised customers credit card numbers. As per the spoke person from Kmart they recently became aware of the unauthorized credit card…