Computer Security & Privacy - TJX Case Backgroud: TJX, largest apparel and home fashions retailers in the off-price segment was struck with Security Breach in all of its eight business units in US, Canada and Europe. Intruder had illegally accessed TJX payment system to hack personal and credit/debit card information of an unspecified number of customers. Security breach had affected Customers - pay for the purchases made by the intruders/ card invalidated / expiring the spending power, Financial
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Overview This case analysis report is about the IT security problems that Owen Richel, the Chief Security Officer of TJX should consider to improve by analyzing some security issues that TJX had faced during the 2005-2007 database intrusion. As technology advances, companies are facing some challenges regarding information privacy. “Information privacy concerns the legal right or general expectation of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, and to what extent,
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Check point TJX Company IT/205 MAY 24, 2012 Check point TJX Company Information security means protecting information systems from unauthorized access. To my understanding TJX failed to properly encrypt data on many of the employee computers that were using the wireless network, and did not have an effective firewall installed. In the reading it indicated that TJX was still using the old Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system, which is relatively easy for hackers to crack. The
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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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Tonisha Miller IT/205 Jennifer Gilmore CheckPoint: TJX Companies The old Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system was the security controls in place. A Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is not very effective. WEP is built into all standard 802.11 products, but its use is optional. Many users neglect to use WEP security features, leaving them unprotected. The basic WEP specification calls for an access point and all of its users to share the same 40-bit encrypted password, which can be easily
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Executive Summary The TJX Corporation is a large retailor with stores throughout the United States,, Puerto Rico and United Kingdom. In 2005, a security breach of credit card information occurred through a seventeen-month period. The intrusion of customer personal information has grossed the concern of the security among their IT infrastructure. The following criteria based upon their security concerns and customer relationships recovery. Their growth as a discount retailer is dependent on the
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How was TJX vulnerable to breaches? How did the situation escalated into a full scale breach. TJX was vulnerable to the breach because of failed attempts to update security which could have prevented the breach. TJX performed an audit and it found that it was non-compliant with 9 of the 12 requirements for a secure payment transaction. Gonzalez used a simple packet sniffer to hack into the system. The packet sniffer Gonzalez used went undetected for several months. TJX failed to notice any data being
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Checkpoint - TJX Companies IT/205 March 1, 2013 Checkpoint - TJX Companies This week’s checkpoint deals with the credit card data theft at TJX companies which occurred in July of 2005. According to the book Essentials of MIS, the thieves used a vulnerable wireless network from one of the department stores on the TJX network to gain access. (Laudon & Laudon, 2011, p. 243) After the thieves had access to the network the installed a sniffer program on one of the main computers of the network
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Tryin’ The IT security breach, caused by one Albert Gonzalez and his accomplices, is one of the most expensive lessons in corporate data security policies. For TJX this is more so as it is not only just that, it’s a black spot on the companies security record and has earned quite the problem as people no longer trust the company due to just how many security issues came to light with Albert’s breach. The TJX stores were foolishly using the relatively weak Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol
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environments. Administrative controls that meet the standard of “due care” generally are easily achievable for an acceptable cost and reinforce the security policy of the organization. They must include controls that contribute to individual accountability, auditability, and separation of duties. Administrative controls define the human factors of security and involve all levels of personnel within an organization. They determine which users have access to what organizational resources and data. Administrative
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