theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: • List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? • What tools and technologies could have been used to fix the weaknesses? • What was the business effect of TJX’s data loss on TJX‚ consumers
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CheckPoint: TJX Companies The data theft that TJX Companies experienced was caused by using the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system. The WEP had become easy for hackers to navigate and had become quite out of date. TJX also failed to properly encrypt data on many of the employee computers that were using the wireless network‚ and did not have an effective firewall. The company had also purchased additional security programs that were not installed correctly. An alternative to the
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CheckPoint: Don’t Count on it IT 205 Joel Balkum The FDCA project is an evolution into the technology age for the U.S. Census Bureau. Implementing handheld electronic devices improves the effectiveness of the collection process because it cuts down the use of paper for recording data‚ it replaces hardcopy maps that collectors would carry to find their way around‚ saves time and money‚ and makes staying organized easier to do which improves data quality and credibility. The problems that the
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Week 5 checkpoint IT The credit card data theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: •List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? The thieves used several entry points to access TJX corporation systems. They accessed many TJX’s retail
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The U.S. Census Bureau Field Data Collection Project: Don’t Count On It IT/205 July 25‚ 2013 A census is the process of acquiring and recording information from the general public to determine population or housing numbers. For the 2010 census‚ the United States Census Bureau decided to implement a program called Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA). The program was intended to improve the data collection process by using handheld electronic devices. The mobile handhelds were to canvass
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How does e-mail benefit an organization? Email can benefit a company because it is faster than the regular mail service‚ emails can be saved for later use and response can also be saved and retrieved later if needed. Organizations want to limit how employees use email so that they do not open unwanted files or attachments that can cause virus to the system. I think that instant messaging for employees is a good source. It allows them another contact way in case the phone lines are busy. The drawbacks
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Many of us have become accustomed to electronic payment systems. These systems will continue to increase as businesses and banks present more opportunities to use them. Resource: Ch. 9 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: Name and describe various categories of e-commerce. E-commerce has several different categories which include business-to-consumer‚ business-to-business‚ and consumer-to-consumer. The business to consumer
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IT 205 CheckPoint 1 The three dimensions to business problems are Organizational‚ Technological and People. With Organizational dimension comes outdated business processes‚ political conflict‚ complexity of task and inadequate resources to name a few. Technological dimension problem comes with outdated software‚ inadequate database capacity‚ rapid technological change and others. People dimension problems are lack of employee training‚ legal and regulatory compliance‚ indecisive management
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As stated in our text‚ there are various categories of e-commerce and these types are‚ Business -to-consumer‚ which is the electronic commerce involving retailing products and services to individual shoppers. BarnesandNoble.com‚ which sells books‚ software‚ and music to individual consumers‚ is an example of B2C e-commerce. Another category would be Business-to-business‚ which is the electronic commerce involving the sales of goods and services among businesses. ChemConnect’s Web site for buying
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Week 5 Checkpoint – TJX Companies IT/205 Joshua Bailey The credit card data theft that TJX Companies experienced happened because they were using WEP wireless security‚ which is the weakest form of wireless encryption today‚ and hackers could access the credit card data easily. If TJX had taken the time to implement a stronger encryption method‚ thousands of dollars would have been saved by the company. Proper site surveying could also have prevented the attackers from making a breach. TJX
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