...Huffman Trucking: Benefits Election System Security Lisa M. Gardner CMGT442: Information Systems Risk Management March 19, 2012 Craig McCormick Huffman Trucking: Benefits Election System Huffman Trucking Company has requested a new Benefits Election System to be implemented within the organization. The current benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision plans for employees. For the Benefit Election System, employee information and the benefit package they choose are stored and managed on a database system. This can either be a hardcopy paper file or an electronic file. Regardless of the storage method, security measures need to be implemented to protect employee’s privacy and information as well as preserve company assets from theft and/or litigation. Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking has implemented such a system called the Benefits Election System, which assists management in tracking and reporting employee benefits (University of Phoenix, 2005). This paper will examine the security risks and requirements of the Benefits Election System of the organization. Security Requirements Ensuring the security of organizational and employee information is vital for any organization. Security misfortune can be damaging to the organization and the affected employees. In the case of Huffman Trucking information stored in the database includes...
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...Benefits Elections Systems CMGT 442 May 07, 2012 David M. Conway University of Phoenix Human Resources at Huffman Trucking, has a request for the development and installation of a Benefits Elections System for their company. The Benefits Election System will need to support both union and non-union employees, along with tracking and reporting the employee benefits associated with Huffman Trucking Company. Implementing the system will be placed throughout all locations for Huffman Trucking. Huffman Trucking will need to think about security and risks associated with the start-up of the Benefits Elections System. Summary Huffman Trucking was established in 1936 since then the company has grown into a national transportation company with over 1,400 employees and hubs in California, Missouri, and New Jersey with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman Trucking maintains the mission of being an ever growing company that keeps up with time changes and technology. Objective A Benefit Election System has to be looked at from many different angles, such as security and risk. Employee and company information must remain secure to protect the company from law suit and theft of client and personal information. Benefits Elections System Benefits Election System is a system that allows employees to elect their benefits in one central location, such as health insurance, Aflac, or vision. It allows the...
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...Huffman Trucking Service Request Huffman Trucking is in need of addressing possible security requirements as well as security risks within their Benefit Elections System. Throughout the report the security requirements and security risks for the Benefits Electronic System will be documented and addressed. A few of the risks that are involved with the Benefits Electronic System are errors that cannot be controlled, taking too much time to complete, not having a correct plan and most importantly support from the stakeholders. It is important that the Huffman Trucking current system is reviewed and documented so that risks can be documented as well as requirements. It is important that the stakeholders are updated throughout the entire project. Any of the systems that Huffman Trucking is unclear about needs to be documented and any security requirements need to documented and corrected before the analysis phase can be started. A few of the security requirements that might need to be documented are what resources will be used; any risk boundaries that are with the system and what data diagrams are being used. There also needs to be a backup plan in case the system is hacked into during the project process. Without some type of a backup plan there can be a lot of information stolen from within the system. When the Benefits Elections System starts the upgrade process it is important that a project manager is assigned to the project. The purpose of the project manager is to help...
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...Running head: Huffman Trucking Company Service Request, SR-HT-001 Huffman Trucking Company Service Request, SR-HT-001 University of Phoenix Security/risks with Benefits Elections Systems The purpose of this information is to address the possible security requirements and the possible risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems being requested by the Huffman Trucking Company. Huffman's mission is to "be a profitable, growing, adaptive company in an intensively competitive logistical services business environment." Huffman plans to fulfill its mission is through technology, security and risk assessment/reduction. Huffman Trucking is a national company founded in 1936 by K. Huffman a native of Cleveland OH. Huffman employs 1,400 employees in four hubs located in Cleveland OH, Los Angeles, CA, St. Louis, MO and Bayonne, NJ. With so many employees divided in four locations, Keneth Colbert, Director of HR makes a valid request for the development and installation of a benefits election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits. However, because...
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...Huffman Trucking was founded by K Huffman of Cleveland, Ohio in 1936. The company growth was a result of the increased demand for carrier services between factories in the midwest to ports on the East Coast during World War II. Today Huffman Trucking is growing from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers, which has enabled Huffman Trucking to continue to be privately held. Huffman trucking employees 1,400 workers in its logistical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, Bayonne and New Jersey. Kenneth Colbert the Director Human Resources has contacted the Vice President of Industrial Relations, Graham Grove concerning recent decisions regarding an alternate health care benefit program. According to the memo the plan will be a flex plan for union and nonunion employees with health and dental insurance options. Mr. Colbert and Mr. Graham have hired S. Caldwell IT Consulting Firm to develop and install a benefit election system to support the tracking and reporting of Huffman Trucking employees. The consultant team will describe the consideration needed to address possible security requirements and describe possible risks associated with the requested benefits election system. The Consulting Team S Caldwell IT Consultants believe their role is to act as an adjunct for Huffman Trucking Human resource department, bringing benefits, knowledge, experience and skills. The team will Perform...
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...Benefits Election System Huffman Trucking Company has demanded a top-notch Benefits Election System to be executed within the corporation. The current benefit packages that Huffman has include dental, medical, and vision plans for the employees within Huffman. For the Benefit Election System, member info and the benefit platform they choose are accumulated and accomplished on a database system. This type of system can be adapted by an electronic file or a hardcopy paper file. However the storage method, security processes need to be executed as soon as possible to protect employee’s confidentiality and material as well as preserve Huffman’s assets from theft and/or lawsuit. Huffman Trucking has implemented such a process called the Benefits Election System, which promotes organizational reporting and tracking of employee benefits. This document will assess the security risks and requests that the Benefits Election System requires. Guaranteeing the safety of organizational and employee data is fundamentally vital for any company. Security hardship can be detrimental to the association and the affected employees. In Huffman Trucking’s case, data stored in the database includes sensitive employee information, social security numbers and their names that are utilized for the Benefits Election System. The cost of harm of such sensitive information will typically result in a similar outcome - the loss of financial properties and/or the harm to one’s personal, critical information...
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...Security Requirements and the Possible Risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems of Huffman Trucking Company CMGT/442 Security Requirements and the Possible Risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems of Huffman Trucking Company Huffman Trucking has sent out a service request regarding the development and installation of a benefits election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits (University of Phoenix, 2011). Per this request, this paper will discuss possible security requirements and possible risks that may occur or be associated with the development and implementation of the Benefits Elections Systems. Typically, information on each employee and his or her respective benefits package is stored and managed using some type of database system. This can be either a hardcopy file version or an electronic one. Whatever method is used, security measures have to be put in place to protect each employee from the loss or theft of their information, as well as protect company assets from possible legal action. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the potential security requirements of Huffman’s system as well as the some of the risks associated with the implementation of this type of system. When deciding what security requirements will be needed to implement the Benefit Election System one will need to keep in mind of securing both the company and employees’ data from breaches. Security breaches...
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...the Vice President of Industrial Relations for Huffman Trucking was informed of changes made to the health and dental insurance options for non-represented employees. Huffman Trucking has decided to move to a flex plan with several options the employees can select (K Colbert, Memo, March 22, 2004). To make this a smooth transition to the new benefit plan, Colbert is directing the development and installation of a benefit election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits (Apollo Group Inc., 2011). With the new benefit system coming online brings new security requirements and possible risks that must be addressed. This document will list some of those security requirements and risks of the Benefits Election System of the company. Paper Risks and Security Requirements Huffman Trucking is a national transportation company with 1,400 employees working in logistical hubs across the United States. The human resources department currently maintains several tracking mechanisms for its employee information. The company has an HRIS system that was developed in-house that maintains a database of personal information. One of the company’s managers also maintains an Excel spreadsheet for individual compensation decisions and surveys. With the recommendation to convert the Excel spreadsheet to a database system, it is a wise choice to integrate the paper data into the already made HRIS system database. In either case, there is a need to...
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...Assignment Huffman Trucking started in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio with just one tractor-trailer doing contract hauling in the same area. During World War II when the demand for moving of goods grew the company from 16 to 36 trailers by the end of the war. When the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 was passed, which deregulating the trucking industry, Huffman became a national carrier. The company does work for the Government, Auto manufacturing, consumer electronics, as well as raw materials. The company has union and non-union workers employed at its locations. This new benefits system is for both employee types to track their benefit information. The risks are many for this type of system as the type of data is the employee’s personal information. The information that needs protecting include Social security numbers, bank accounts numbers, their salaries and all the information that an identity thief would need to steal someone’s identity or use for other nefarious purposes. What risks are there in this new benefits election system? The benefits election system is the system that tracks all the benefits that the employees get from Huffman trucking as part of the compensation for working there. This includes heath care coverage, dental, vision, 401k, and anything else that needs tracking in the employees benefit packages. The data that is needed for this system are all the things that define a person in the United States. The risks that need addressing with this type of system are many...
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...Risk Analysis Considerations for Huffman Trucking University of Phoenix CMGT442 1-8-2012 The purpose of a risk assessment is to help decision makers to become aware of threats that can negatively impact the business and to help them to make sound and informed decisions to limit the amount of risk the business is exposed to. Huffman trucking is embarking on the creation of a benefits election system for the tracking and reporting of employee benefits. Because of the sensitive nature of the information being dealt with, Huffman must take measures to limit the amount of exposure to risk the system will have. Often times companies overlook some factors of risk because they have limited vision with regards to potential liabilities or faults in their systems. A good and thorough risk assessment can identify previously unseen weaknesses as well as develop a better understanding of all the threats. There are some components that when in place can have a huge effect on the validity of a risk assessment. Hiring an outside firm with expertise in identifying threats and developing action plans can be costly but can also help to ensure any risk analysis is thorough. Also, companies with good data sources are in a better position to evaluate existing operations and assets. When putting together a risk assessment there are certain components that are crucial to getting the process completed thoroughly and appropriately. These steps include: Identifying Threats. Cataloging both internal...
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...COM CMGT 442 ENTIRE COURSE Information Systems Risk Management Week 2 Individual Assignment Service Request SR-HT-001 (Huffman Trucking Benefits Election System) Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper describing the considerations necessary to address the possible security requirements and the possible risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems being requested by the Service Request, SR-HT-001 for Huffman Trucking Company. Week 3 Individual Assignment Security Monitoring Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper describing the security monitoring activities that should be conducted in an organization with both internal IT (payroll, human resources, inventory, general ledger, and so on) and e-commerce (Internet sales and marketing) applications. The paper will include the rationale supporting each monitoring activity you propose and any recommended course of action to be taken when a significant risk is identified. Week 4 Individual Assignment Outsourcing Risks Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper that identifies the possible risks to an organization in each of the following outsourcing situations: a) the use of an external service provider for your data storage; b) the use of an enterprise service provider for processing information systems applications such as a payroll, human resources, or sales order taking; c) the use of a vendor to support your desktop computers; and d) the use of a vendor to provide network support. The paper will include a risk mitigation strategy for each situation...
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...Abstract The goal of our project team is to come up with a working system for Benefits Elections and to have the project be completed within reasonable cost and on time. We will show with Gantt charts and Work Breakdown Structures how we plan to achieve this goal. We will discuss how we plan to achieve this using scope management, budget management, time management, etc. Huffman Trucking is a well established trucking company with three locations, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Bayonne. It grew from one tractor-trailer to 16 tractors and 36 trailers in under 10 years. Its employees range from union to non-union employees, which include drivers, management, mechanics, office workers, safety workers, marketing, accounting, etc. That is why Huffman has hired us to create a benefits election program to help keep track of the different benefits offered to different employees. Our hope is to create a plan that will allow us to create a benefits election program that will meet a budget and timeframe that will be acceptable to Huffman. We plan to achieve this by following the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). We are going to use the nine knowledge areas to create a successful project. They are scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communications management, risk management, procurement management, and integration management (Cervone, 2007). In order...
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...php/product/cmgt-442-entire-course/ CMGT 442 Week 1 DQ 1 DQ 1: Based on the Ledford article, what special issues must be considered for corporate data which is not fully digitized? What are the potential risks associated with the loss of this type of data? CMGT 442 Week 1 DQ 2 DQ 2: Based on the Barr article, what special issues must be addressed for a risk management strategy that supports Web-based systems? Why the risks are associated with disruption of these web-based systems critical and require diligent consideration? CMGT 442 Week 1 Summary For this first week’s weekly summary topic, please find and summarize an IS risk management related current event. You may reference any source (Newspaper, Magazine, e-article, etc.) but please be sure to cite your source based on APA standards. Please keep your summary concise (1 paragraph) and include your perspective(s) and conclusion(s). If your source is web based, you may include a hyperlink to the reference website. You may post your article summary at any time during the week. Please provide peer feedback to at least one of your fellow class member’s article summary. CMGT 442 Week 2 DQ 1 Based on the Keston (2008) article, how important is enterprise identity management for reducing risk throughout the enterprise? Explain why a viable risk management strategy must include, at a minimum, a solid enterprise identity management process. CMGT 442 Week 2 DQ 2 DQ 2: Based on the Barr (2009) article, what type of software should...
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...Course Syllabus College of Information Systems & Technology CMGT/442 Version 4 Information Systems Risk Management Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course identifies and defines the types of risks that information systems professionals need to consider during the development and implementation of computer based information systems. This course will survey remedies and prevention techniques available to address the risk areas present. Organizational policies and current regulatory considerations will also be examined relative to development, implementation, and use of computer based information systems. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Cooper, D. F., Grey, S., Raymond, G., & Walker, P. (2005). Project risk management guidelines: Managing risk in large projects and complex procurements. Hoboken...
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...|[pic] |Course Design Guide | | |College of Information Systems & Technology | | |CMGT/442 Version 4 | | |Information Systems Risk Management | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course identifies and defines the types of risks that information systems professionals need to consider during the development and implementation of computer based information systems. This course will survey remedies and prevention techniques available to address the risk areas present. Organizational policies and current regulatory considerations will also be examined relative to development, implementation, and use of computer based information systems. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials...
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