BREACH AT X • What are the people‚ work processes and technology failure points that require attention? • What practices led to the security breach in TJX and why did such a smart andprofitable organization as TJX face such a situation? • Was TJX a victim of ingenious cyber crooks or did it create risk by cutting corners? Background a. Describe the company/department History 1. TJX was the largest apparel and home fashion retailer in United States
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TJMaxx System Breach Cormalita Uzzell 319/CIS May 6‚ 2013 Christopher Canter In January 2007‚ TJX Companies‚ Inc. issued a press release announcing that its computer systems had been breached and customer information had been stolen. Reports estimated at least 94 million Visa and MasterCard accounts had been compromised‚ with losses projected at $4.5 billion. What happened to cause the companies breach? What did the company do to insure that this would not happen again? Perhaps the company
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FACTS: SS/Alicante‚ belonging to Compania Transatlantica de Barcelona was transporting two locomotive boilers for the Manila Railroad Company. The equipment of the ship for discharging the heavy cargo was not strong enough to handle the boilers. Compania Transatlantica contracted the services of Atlantic gulf and Pacific Co.‚ which had the best equipment to lift the boilers out of the ship’s hold. When Alicante arrived in Manila‚ Atlantic company sent out its floating crane under the
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CASE WRITE-UP Case: Adobe Data Breach 1. About the Case On October 3‚ 2013‚ The Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States of America discovered that there was a cyber-attack on their network during its regular monitoring of security check. The hackers made it through breaking in to the network and stole the sensitive and personal data of the customers which includes encrypted credit and debit card information‚ illegal access of customer ID ’s and also source code of other various Adobe
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a) The first contract should be between the Ramirez family and Majestic Developers‚ inc‚ as they are the parties involved. (b) The consideration on the Ramirez family side is their 250-acre farm and on Majestic Developers‚ inc the consideration is three million million dollars. (c) What should be included in the contract should be; the parties‚ (2) the price‚ (3) the subject matter of the contract‚ and (4) the time of performance of the contract‚ also the contract should address the small fence
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Introduction: Data breach has always been a sensitive topic‚ let alone when the data breach is related to banking. In the mean time‚ there’s a breach was found happened to the online banking system of the competitive bank of First Union Bank‚ and the hacker had stolen quantities of customers’ personal information and data. It has been an alarm for all the banks‚ it reminds the whole society to be alert of the damage caused by the data breach. The Chief Information Officer of the First Union Bank
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During‚ and leading up to‚ the recent data breach that occurred at Target‚ it is evident that many mistakes were made at the executive level. As any company‚ Target possesses a primary goal of balancing both effectiveness‚ and efficiency; however‚ the organization under CEO Greg Steinhafel did not achieve these goals simultaneously. Prior to the data breach experienced by Target‚ the company primarily focused on efficiency --- the act of determining and implementing the most cost effective method
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Club’s salary cap breaches Section 1 The purpose of this essay is to analyse the ethics of the Melbourne Storm NRL Club’s salary breach with reference to the management literature on business ethics. This essay will look at three separate articles discussing business ethics and then link the information found on ethical decision making towards the Melbourne Storm salary breach scandal. The first article will discuss networking and its link to business‚ with reference to the three types of networking
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Classification of Contracts (7 – 1.30) Simple and formal contracts A formal contract is a written contract (such as a deed). A simple contract can be entirely orally or a combination of oral and written. Bilateral Contract: exchange of promise – one promise for another (a promisee’s promise in return for the promisor’s promise or vice versa) o Union Dominions Trust (Commercial) Ltd v Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd [1968] 1 All ER 104 at 108‚ Lord Diplock Unilateral Contract: A one way
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CONTRACT LAW- EXAM NOTES What is a contract? An oral or written agreement between two or more parties which is enforceable by law. This agreement ‘will be legally binding if certain criteria are met – briefly‚ they require that there be an agreement (comprising an offer and acceptance)‚ consideration‚ intention to create legal relations‚ compliance with any formalities required by law and that the parties have the legal capacity to contract’1 What is the purpose of contract law
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