IT 1006 Unit 4 Discussion Data Breaches and Security
IT 1006 Unit 4 Discussion Data Breaches and Security
IT 1006 Unit 4 Discussion Data Breaches and Security
Question
IT 1006 Information Technology Concepts and Practices
This week,
you learned about network security and conducted independent research on data
breaches that have occurred in companies in the past couple of years. For this
discussion:
Identify
the company and the nature of the data breach.
What
information was vulnerable and what was the cost to the company?
What
strategies did the company develop to enhance security in the future?
Response
Guidelines
Respond to
at least one learner. In your response, compare the data breach incident your
colleague described with the one that you investigated. What similarities or
differences do you see? How could you account for those similarities or
differences? Are there any lessons in the two incidents that could inform IT policy?
Learning
Components
This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Identify
ways that networks can be breached.
Identify
strategies for protecting network security.
Identify IT
practice approaches in the scholarly literature.