Case Name: Security at TJX Problem Statement How should the new CIO of TJX work to strengthen security around the IT infrastructure to prevent‚ detect‚ and analyze security breaches that had previously allowed hackers to steal sensitive data? Background 1 Describe the company/department 1 History 1 Founded in 1976 2 Operate 8 business under TJX 1 TJ Maxx 2 Marshalls 3 HomeGoods 4 A.J Wright 5 Bob’s Stores 6 Winners 7 Home Sense 8 TK Maxx
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of 2007 the parent company of TJMaxx and Marshalls known as TJX reported an IT security breach. The intrusion involved the portion of its network that handles credit card‚ debit card‚ check‚ and merchandise return functions. Facts slowly began to emerge that roughly 94 million customers’ credit card numbers were stolen from TJMaxx and Marshalls throughout 2006. It was believed that hackers sat in the parking lots and infiltrated TJX using their wireless network. Most retailers use wireless
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Identify & describe the failure points in TJX’s security that requires attention (including‚ but not limited to: People‚ Work Process‚ and Technology)? After analyzing the Ivey case on TJX data fiasco‚ I would say there were three major failure points that caused this $168MM financial hit to the corporation. • Technology: it is obvious that TJX had several technology deficiencies mainly driven by systems limitations and vulnerability. For example‚ inadequate wireless network security allowed
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HBR Case Study Security Breach at TJX 1. What are the (a) people‚ (b) work process and (c) technology failure points in TJX’s security that require attention? While it is known that all retailers‚ large and small‚ are vulnerable to attacks‚ several factors including people‚ work process‚ and technology require attention so as to prevent another major attack from hitting TJX. The people associated with the attack who need attention are the top-level executives and‚ more importantly‚ the Payment
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Information Security Management Assignment 3 Assignment 3 requires you to critically review the assigned case study and write a report to address the following questions. Question 1. Kindly provide a review of the case. Question 2. What do you consider to be the points of failure in TJX’s information security? Identify and explain at least three failure points. Question 3. How should information security at TJX be improved? Identify and explain at least three priorities. Question 4. Was TJX a victim
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CASE STUDY TJX Security Breach The TJX Corporation‚ a major retailer with stores in the United States‚ Puerto Rico‚ and even the United Kingdom‚ experienced one of the largest security breaches. Millions of their customer’s credit and debit card information were stolen over a seventeen-month period. The TJX Corporation announced to the public on February 21‚ 2007 an unauthorized user had accessed their security system and the sensitive information stored in their system had been compromised
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TJX Companies List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? TJX companies had very little security measures in place‚ and even the ones they had were mostly outdated. The company was using a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) network encryption system. By today’s standards‚ and even at the time of intrusion‚ it is a fairly insecure system and is considered easy to hack into. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)‚ a more complex encryption system‚ was already available at the
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TJX corporate systems had poor security controls. The computer kiosks that were located in some of their stores were supposed to be secure. They also had some firewall protection. TJX wireless network was protected by WEP encryption system. The computer kiosks were poorly secured; the kiosks were accessible from the back which made them vulnerable to tampering. The computer firewalls set up did not block malicious traffic coming from the kiosks. The wireless network used an old encryption
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various access control methods used by Operating Systems (OS) to control user access to files on a computer and what they can do once they have gained access. In this first section I will look at methods such as Access Control Lists(ACL’s)‚ Capabilities and Encrypting file systems(EFS) and which Operating Systems use these as well as the advantages and disadvantages they have over each other. The second part of my report will focus on one OS and explain in detail the methods it uses to control file access
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Access Control List Your Name University Professor Date Access Control List An ACL is a configuration script of a router that manages whether a router denies or permits packets to pass founded on criteria placed in the packet header. It is also employed in selecting forms of traffic to be processed‚ forwarded‚ or analyzed in other ways. As every packet passes through an interface with a related ACL‚ the ACL is analyzed‚ one line at a time from top to bottom‚ searching for a pattern corresponding
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