site. (1) After discussing the attack with Bob Turley‚ CIO‚ and the IT department‚ it’s apparent that the website was not prepared for such an attack‚ as users couldn’t enter the website for approximately one hour and sixteen minutes. Management of iPremier must adjust the company’s IT protocol if the company is to prevent further cyber attacks. In order to accomplish a more secure data system‚ we suggest management hire a well-known IT specialist to evaluate the situation and give professional advice
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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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iPremier a web based company founded in 1996‚ and located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ experienced a outage or denial of service attack in the early monring on January 12th. The disturbance in the iPremier web site occurred as an individual was able to get past the iPremier’s firewall. When instances like this occur in organizationss the disruption greatly impacts operations an can potentially expose an organization to legal issues as data can be compromised. When an event like this occurs in an organization
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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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Raja‚ Ph.D.‚ Oregon State University Outline • Example: iPremier Company (HBR article) – Background about company – Business Implications – Some recommendations for future • Management’s role in information security • Framework for a balanced approach to security Example: DDoS attack on iPremier Company • For a background about the company - refer to MS Word Document distributed in class. • Problems at Colocation facility: • iPremier employees could not get access to Qdata’s Network Operations
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In a recent 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
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The iPremier Compant (A): Denial of Service Attack Summary of the case: iPremier‚ a Seattle based company‚ was founded in 1996 by two students from Swathmore College. iPremier had become one of a few success web-based commerce‚ selling luxury‚ rare‚ and vintage goods over the Internet. Most of iPremier’s goods sell between fifty and a few hundred dollars‚ and the customer buys the products online with his or her credit card. iPremier’s competitive advantage is their flexible return policies
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its business model. iPremier follows a Business-to-consumer (B2C) model and the entire sales come directly through web sales i.e. online B2C transactions. Hence the IT security of iPremier should center on the protection of the customer information and needs. The Federal Reserve includes six types of risks a company could face because of an Information Technology (IT) breach‚ which are credit‚ market‚ liquidity‚ operational‚ legal‚ and reputational in nature (FFIEC‚ 2006). iPremier faces operational
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iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack Date: -12th Feb 2013 1. Significant errors made by iPremier that led to its troubles:- a. Outsourcing of Hardware / Data center: - For a company involved in web-commerce‚ data plays a major role in the sustainable success of the company. These are the future assets of the company on which the growth of company depends. Therefore‚ it is necessary for a company to have a good control over the hardware / data center. iPremier has outsourced
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Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is a New York based that is involved with the delivery of finances‚ health care services and long –term insurance countrywide. Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed that the company had learnt of an apparent breach against their system where hackers were able to gain illegally access to its customers’ information on September 10‚ 2015. According to the company’s spokesperson‚ the information accessed included claims and financial payment information; names of clients;
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