Information Management lecture we went through the case of iPremier (read the full case) which is a popular case study from Harvard Business School. It was a made up case but the recent high profile hacking stories (such as Gawker) show that companies are not taking security seriously. The background is that iPremier suffered a DOS attack in the middle of the night which caused chaos in the company. After an hour the attack stopped and the company went back to business as normal. Two weeks later
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CI Perp Note 7 The iPremier Company (A): Denial of Service Attack The iPremier Company was founded in 1996 and had evolved into one of thefew success stories of web-based commerce. It also sells luxury‚ rare‚ and vintage goods on the web. In the treacherous business-to-business segment‚ iPremier was one of a few survivors. Although the company was a really successful company in business field‚ during the 75 minute attack‚ iPremier performed very ineffectively and acted negatively‚ which would
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situation and lack of vision with regards to any threats. Every ones reaction was that of panic because there were no crisis management strategy or disaster plans in place. As the communication lines got crossed and broke down‚ the sense of panic at iPremier grew higher with no defined plan on how to get out of it. 2. We would have had a teleconference with all the Technical Executives to discuss their risk assessment measures‚ then we would also included the Qdata key point of contact on the issue
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1. How well did the iPremier Company perform during the seventy-five-minute attack? If you were Bob Turley‚ what might you have done differently during the attack? iPremier company did a mediocre job with the seventy-five-minute attack. The company’s lack of standard procedures for incident and event management. Furthermore‚ the contingency plans in place weren’t adopted by the entire company. The use of binder with policies and procedures seems perfunctory. Moreover‚ there wasn’t a plan for disaster
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Case Study Analysis Case Study Analysis ABC‚ Inc.‚ like many companies hires new employees to make the company better. As part of the hiring process at ABC‚ Inc. a campus recruiter is the person that is responsible for the hands on process of hiring new employees. The campus recruiter is responsible for the process of hiring‚ orientation‚ physicals‚ documents and drug screening to complete the new hire process successfully. ABC‚ Inc.’s new recruiter Carl Robbins has been on the job for six months
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Introduction On January 12th‚ 2007 at 4:31am‚ Bob Turley‚ CIO of the iPremier Company‚ received a panicked phone call from his IT operations staff. Their external facing website was “locked up” and could not be accessed by anyone‚ including their customers. iPremier is a web-based business that generates revenue through solely processing online orders. While the web server was down‚ the company could not accept any new orders or allow their customers to view their products. An inadequately third-party
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to fashion-related and seasonal fluctuations‚ the demand of shoes is rapidly changing. The highly unstable demand controls the footwear market. Customers want more diversity in footwear‚ so the strategy of the companies must cater to customers demand. Therefore‚ the purpose of this study is to show you Nike’s current situation‚ and its market position. Background of Nike Nike is the world ’s leading designer‚ maker and distributor of athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories for
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Date: April 2‚ 2013 Subject: iPremier and Denial of Service Attack – Case Study ______________________________________________________________________________ The iPremier and Denial of Service Attack case study is a made up case from the Harvard Business School. This case shows clearly how companies may not be taking their security seriously and after several high profile hacking stories‚ we can see that is the truth. The background of the case is that iPremier‚ a high end online store‚ suffered
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The following analysis evaluates the challenges faced by Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company involving their monumental proposed investment into their Nigerian operations. When global companies experience extreme criticism such as Shell‚ they are usually tasked with identifying optimum solutions to reverse the negativity. In addition to assessing the challenges‚ this analysis provides some potential strategies that can be implemented to resolve the issues within this case. Problem Statement
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