...The Company I have selected for the organizational behavior and communication paper will be Cisco Systems. This company I have directly purchased a great product of theirs. In this paper, it will evaluate the organization's philosophy, mission, and vision and or value statements. Further, it will explore the organization culture and how their communication process presently works. The paper will attempt to see if the organization follows what it states and does regard its organizational behavior. Further research will try to discover any present conflict within their organization communication system. Cisco is a provider in the IT communication networking systems. Communication technology is what they sell to their customers. Communication is a big part of their organization worldwide. Cisco Systems Mission Statement as directly stated "Cisco enables people to make powerful connections – whether in business, education, philanthropy or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time."2 Cisco organization has completely reorganized during the downturn in sales in the middle of the 2000 decade. The culture bases on my finding did not change during the reorganization. The company has an informal organization that continues to want to be entranced deeply for the customer advocacy. A pattern of unofficial and informal relationship...
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...TFT2 Cyber Law Task 4 Jordan Dombrowski Western Governors University Situation Report It has come to my attention from the security analysts of VL Bank and victims that commercial customers of VL Bank have been involved in identity theft and fraud. Multiple user accounts were created without authorization claiming the identity of our customers. These fake accounts were used to make twenty-nine transfers of $10,000 each, equaling $290,000. The bank transfers were being sent to several U.S. bank accounts of unknown individuals. The U.S. banks involved in the transfers were Bank A in California, Bank B in New York, Bank C in Texas, and Bank D in Florida. After the funds were transferred to one of these banks, the funds were automatically transferred to several international bank accounts located in Romania, Thailand, Moldavia, and China. After further analysis we discovered that the banks affected customers all used computers infected with a keystroke logger virus that collected usernames, passwords, account numbers, personal identification numbers, URL addresses, and digital certificates. The computers infected did not have an anti-virus or security software of any type installed. Additionally, these customers have reported that they have been frequently experiencing spear phishing attacks, which is most likely the way that the keylogging virus software was installed. Finally we concluded that our banks systems have not been breached and no customer data has been...
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...order to manage the information system of the company. The main responsibility of CIO is to guide the chief executive officers and president of the company in information management matters and advise them in order to take effective decisions to implement information security system (Siponen, 2000). The leading position and decision making power of CIO make it capable to take important information management decisions. This is the major reason to rank him as the fist important IS professional. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is the second most important IS professional. CISO is also called manager of IT security. CISO directly report to CIO. CISO mainly responsible to assess, manage and implement the system of information security in organization. Core management responsibility to operate and manage the operations of security is an important factor which is the basic reason to rank CISO in second position. CIO plans the strategies and CISO implement...
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...One would be the CISO. The CISO is the executive whose responsibility is to maintain entire security backbone, both physical and digital. In an article written for the Sans Institute by Matthew Cho, “CISO Roles and Responsibilities: According to the latest information, almost sixty percent of the organizations in the United States acknowledge the existence of a CISO dedicated entirely to security (Ware). Responsibilities for these individuals include ensuring proper protection for all physical and technical aspects of the organization. Technical aspects ranging from securing communications, applications, and business systems to performing risk assessments of IT assets exposed to outsiders on the Internet. Physical aspects including non-electronic factors such as physical site access as well as drafting policies and procedures for secure daily operations. Along with overseeing the organization’s physical and technical security implementation, CISOs are also responsible for security management activities. These activities may include training others for security awareness, purchasing security products, planning for and managing disaster recovery, developing secure business and communication practices, and ensuring all policies are followed. In addition, CISOs must ensure that security breaches are not a result from any of the changes made in order to protect the organization. The following highlights some important responsibilities carried out by most CISOs. · Act as the...
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...John Moura Chapter 2: Planning for Security Review Questions 1. Describe the essential parts of planning. How does the existence of resource constraints affect the need for planning? Answer: Organizational planning, described below, and Contingency planning, which focuses on planning or unforeseen events. Organizations must be able to forecast their needs relative to available resources as best they can to insure best decision making. 2. What are the three common layers of planning? How do they differ? Answer: Strategic – lays out long term goals, Tactical – more short term focus, Operational – daily and on-going operation goals 3. Who are the stakeholders? Why is it important to consider their views when planning? Answer: Stakeholders are individuals, groups of individuals, or organization that have a ‘stake’ or are affected by organizational decisions. When planning, an organization must take into consideration all stakeholders in order to evaluate planning decisions properly and resourcefully. 4. What is a mission statement? Why is it important? What does it contain? Answer: Mission statement – explicitly explains what the organizations business is and its intended areas of operations. 5. What is a vision statement? Why is it important? What does it contain? Answer: Vision statement – expresses what the organization wants to be 6. What is a values statement? Why...
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...Aspect of an Effective Security Policy Outline I. Introduction A. Reason behind an effective security program 1. Reliance on information technology 2. Maintaining profitability B. Areas of concern for effective security programs 1. Information Security 2. Personnel Security 3. Physical Security II. Responsibility A. Chief Information Officer or Chief Information Security Officer 1. Feasibility for small businesses B. Employee responsibility III. Program implementation A. Risk assessment B. Security Policy C. Training 1. Insider Threat IV. Disaster Recovery Plan A. Why have a DRP B. Seven steps of planning V. Conclusion Aspects of an Effective Security Policy Today almost every business from large cooperation’s to your local small business owner, Aunt Nancy’s homemade quilts, rely heavily on information technology to develop sales strategies, promote their product by reaching out to consumers via social media, sell and distribute their goods, develop new products, and run daily operations from accounting to time cards. The scale at which they use technology may vary, but the need for each business large or small, to incorporate an effective security program is key to keeping their systems up and running while at the same time providing enough freedom to themselves or their employees to remain competitive and productive. In short too much security may result in a loss of business and profits, not enough security...
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...Name: Sampson Amoako Mensah Course: CSC-781 Instructor: Dr. Yen-Hung (Frank) Hu Topic: Target Security Breach Case Study Abstract This paper identifies the issues that cause the Target’s security breach, its also discusses the events that lead to the breach, identifies potential causes of this events, who was affected and how consumers reacted, the extent of the breach, and provide ways to address this events in addition to addressing risk management and data recovery for future occurrence. An Overview of the Breach In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, a malware was installed, on Target’s security and payment system, designed to steal credit cards that comes across the system. This malware targeted all the 1,797 stores own by target in the United States. The malware was coded, to pick up credit cards that were swiped at the register and stored on a server controlled by the hackers. Federal enforcement officials contacted Target on December 12, to alert them of the breach, target responded in three days to confirm the breach, Target reported about 40 million credit cards were stolen, about 70 million of personal records were also stolen. Events Leading to Breach Businessweek reports that hackers used the credentials of an HVAC vendor to get into Targets network, and spent several weeks installing the malware. hackers then sent the malware to the 1,797 stores owned by Target and got them installed on cashier stations, the malicious codes, will...
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...Running head: JIT2 (RISK MANAGEMENT): TASK 1A 1 JIT2 (Risk Management): Task 1A It has been stated that, "Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning," Charles Tremper (n.d.) who authored various risk management books. We have been hired, as a consultant in our first task is to create and present to management of business contingency plan combined with risk management to our new client. There has been some concern from both the IT department and legal departments about personal identifiable information sensitive information, client records, and other sensitive information regarding the ethical use and protection of this information. Our goal is to have client confidence along with some sense of job satisfaction; therefore, our boss has informed us that we get to choose our very first client. Our selection can be the place we actually work, any local business, or even a Fortune 500 company. One requirement is that our client must operate globally throughout its business. We will exclude any proprietary information, confidential information, or anything that can be considered sensitive. No names of real people involved with the business, any suppliers, or anything else that could be identifiable will be used. Instead we will only use made-up or fictional names for this task. No actual financial data will be used but rather be addressed using vague or generic terms when appropriate. Due to concerns in the global marketplace...
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...Section 1 - Introduction Information Resources are strategic assets of the Richman Investments and must be treated and managed as valuable resources. Richman Investments provides various computer resources to its employees for the purpose of assisting them in the performance of their job-related duties. State law permits incidental access to state resources for personal use. This policy clearly documents expectations for appropriate use of Richman Investments assets. This Acceptable Use Policy in conjunction with the corresponding standards is established to achieve the following: 1. To establish appropriate and acceptable practices regarding the use of information resources. 2. To ensure compliance with applicable State law and other rules and regulations regarding the management of information resources. 3. To educate individuals who may use information resources with respect to their responsibilities associated with computer resource use. This Acceptable Use Policy contains four policy directives. Part I – Acceptable Use Management, Part II – Ownership, Part III – Acceptable Use, and Part IV – Incidental Use. Together, these directives form the foundation of the Richman Investments Acceptable Use Program. Section 2 – Roles & Responsibilities 1. Richman Investments management will establish a periodic reporting requirement to measure the compliance and effectiveness of this policy. 2. Richman Investments management is responsible for implementing...
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...Risk remediation efforts are tracked in Fay’s Information Security Risk Register. A low and medium risk may be accepted by the Chief Information Officer and/or CISO with appropriate documentation (via Fay Risk Acceptance Form) and periodic review. High and/or critical risks will require acceptance from the CEO. Critical risk should also be submitted to the Board for acceptance. If a previously accepted risk is realized in a real incident, the risk analysis and management processes are repeated to include the new information, and re-addressed with greater sensitivity and urgency based on the nature and extent of the incident. 3. Scope Information Security Risk Management covers all of Fay’s Information Resources, whether managed or hosted internally or externally. This policy covers all data and information systems owned, operated, leased, or in the care of Fay Servicing as well as those who utilize them. 4....
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...[pic] Incident Response Plan Template for Breach of Personal Information Notice to Readers Acknowledgments Introduction Incident Response Plan Incident Response Team Incident Response Team Members Incident Response Team Roles and Responsibilities Incident Response Team Notification Types of Incidents Breach of Personal Information – Overview Definitions of a Security Breach Requirements Data Owner Responsibilities Location Manager Responsibilities When Notification Is Required Incident Response – Breach of Personal Information Information Technology Operations Center Chief Information Security Officer Customer Database Owners Online Sales Department Credit Payment Systems Legal Human Resources Network Architecture Public Relations Location Manager Appendix A MasterCard Specific Steps Visa U.S.A. Specific Steps Discover Card Specific Steps American Express Specific Steps Appendix B California Civil Code 1798.82 (Senate Bill 1386) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Appendix C Escalation Members (VP Level of Management) Auxiliary Members (as needed) External Contacts (as needed) Notification Order Escalation Member Notification List Notice to Readers Incident Response Plan – Template for Breach of Personal Information does not represent an official position of the American Institute...
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...RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of the Risk Management Plan is to establish an approach to monitoring, evaluating, and managing risks throughout the life of the project. A risk is an uncertain event or condition that has a negative or positive effect on the project’s objectives. The risk management plan will identify potential risk, assess individual risk and its impact on performance, cost, and schedule of the overall project and develop an action plan that handles individual risk. RISK PLAN OBJECTIVES The scope of this risk assessment assessed the system’s use of resources and controls (implemented or planned) to eliminate and/or manage vulnerabilities exploitable by threats internal and external to the Project. If exploited, these vulnerabilities could result in: • Unauthorized disclosure of data • Unauthorized modification to the system, its data, or both • Denial of service, access to data, or both to authorized users This Risk Assessment Report evaluates the confidentiality (protection from unauthorized disclosure of system and data information), integrity (protection from improper modification of information), and availability (loss of system access) of the system. Recommended security safeguards will allow management to make decisions about security-related initiatives. PROJECT RISKS This risk assessment methodology and approach was conducted using the guidelines in NIST SP 800-30, Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems...
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...|payless casestudy | | Summary : The objective of writing the report is to address the issues that has been raised on 24th February,2015 in Payless , due to which company has been gone through various problems . The report states all the primary reasons for the occurrence of the issues and all the possible measures which can be taken in order to recover all the problems and stop the issues from happening again in the future . All the appropriate solutions will help the company from facing these issues again . Issues and causes: 1 Network Problem : On Monday at 9:30am organization was facing the problem of downtime of the network , no one in the organization was able to access the network . IDMS that were implemented last year are not working properly , due to which downtime in network was faced by all the people as they were not able to access the network which ends up in the result of high burden on the help desk as help desk is getting more and more calls of the frantic(panic) and angry users .As due to some extra burden on the ticketing system it got crashed and need to rebooted , as in result some of cases which needs assistance got blocked . Every user related to the Organization was going through same problem .CEO of the organization was also going through same situation , he was also not able to access the network and getting complaints of third party business partners that they are not able get connected as no network was available of payless foods....
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...Chapter 5 Developing Security Programs Chapter Overview Chapter 5 will explore the various organizational approaches to information security and provide an explanation of the functional components of the information security program. Readers will learn how to plan and staff an organization’s information security program based on its size and other factors as well as how to evaluate the internal and external factors that influence the activities and organization of an information security program. As the topic of organizing the information security function is expanded upon, the reader will learn how to identify and describe the typical job titles and functions performed in the information security program. The chapter concludes with an exploration of the components of a security education, training, and awareness program and describes how organizations create and manage these programs. Chapter Objectives When you complete this chapter, you will be able to: • Recognize and understand the organizational approaches to information security • List and describe the functional components of the information security program • Determine how to plan and staff an organization’s information security program based on its size • Evaluate the internal and external factors that influence the activities and organization of an information security program • List and describe the typical job titles and functions performed in the information security program ...
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...Disaster Recovery Plan: A Risk Management Strategy CIS 359 8/25/13 Professor Michelle Hansen CEO CEO CISO CISO CIO CIO IT Procurement Specialist IT Procurement Specialist IT Security Compliance Officer IT Security Compliance Officer IT Security Engineer IT Security Engineer Needs to monitor compliance with the security directives ,and overall policy to ensure IT effectiveness. Needs to monitor compliance with the security directives ,and overall policy to ensure IT effectiveness. Use results and feedback from various other sources to form a system budget enquiry that will help with financial planning Use results and feedback from various other sources to form a system budget enquiry that will help with financial planning Helps ensure the programs uptake and success. Helps ensure the programs uptake and success. Privacy Security Professional Privacy Security Professional Security Manager Security Manager Need to ensure that awareness and training requirements are established within the organization’s position and ensure that staff receives effective professional development services. Need to ensure that awareness and training requirements are established within the organization’s position and ensure that staff receives effective professional development services. Can help identify training sources, evaluate vendor based and other training sources and aid in the development of awareness and other training materials. ...
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