...------------------------------------------------- Management Plan for Cyber Software, Inc. ------------------------------------------------- Case Study #1: Planning and Organizing ------------------------------------------------- Christian Ntaganira ------------------------------------------------- BMGT 364: Management and Organization Theory ------------------------------------------------- Summer 2015 ------------------------------------------------- Instructor: Deborah Shearer ------------------------------------------------- University of Maryland University College ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Cyber Software, Inc. is a medium cyber software company which makes and provides cyber protection products to small and medium size customers such as retailers and local municipal entities. Cyber Software, Inc. has been performing well in providing its products and services to its clients. The main objective of the company is to safeguard information of its customers from hackers and cyber bullies (Schermerhorn, 2008). Joseph Jackson, the CEO of Cyber Software Inc. has managed to control the problem of hacking clients’ information. However, one of Cyber Software’s customers has been hacked and credit card information was stolen. Cyber Software, Inc. was able to intervene, immediately, and was able to limit the damages. This incident showed Cyber Software, Inc. to always stay on its toes in this evolving and ever changing industry...
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...Title Name Course Professor Introduction: Cyber Software Inc. is an organization that can perform extremely well in the marketing field because it believes in satisfying its customers. The company has numerous customers including business people, state and municipal governments. The main objective of the company is to safeguard information of its customers from hackers and cyber bullies (Schermerhorn, 2008). Joseph Jackson, the CEO of Cyber Software Inc. has managed to control the problem of hacking clients’ information but still has a challenge in developing an organizational structure that will put every worker in his place and define their duties. The function of this management plan is to create an organizational structure that will be used by Cyber Software Inc. The plan focuses on defining the mission and vision of the company and describing how each division will be operating within the company. Mission and Vision Statements: The mission of the company is to enable individuals and enterprises protect their information inclusively throughout the entire world to discover their full potential. This statement shows the commitment of the company to the customers. Cyber Software Inc delivers on that commitment by doing its best to create technology that ensures customers’ demands are fully met (Robbins & Coulter, 2009). It does not discriminate against the age, ethnicity or even country because Cyber Software aspires to expand its business beyond borders. The significance...
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...University of Houston Case Study of Cisco Systems, Inc. Nirav Sheth INTB 3354: Introduction of Global Business Professor Alana Aleman April 8, 2015 1. Introduction Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, the married couple who met at Stanford University, founded Cisco in 1984 in San Francisco, California. During Cisco’s founding years at Stanford University, Leonard Bosack, Sandy Lerner, and a few others helped connect hundreds of computers throughout Stanford University on a wired network. They understood that they could take this technology and help other university and business, which helped Cisco grow into the $150 billion networking conglomerate it is today. Cisco multiprotocol router, Cisco’s first major product, was one of a kind package of a group of routers, switches, internetworking and other telecommunication devices that helps a group of computers multitask on a closed network. From here, Cisco’s management created a market where they could sell routers, switches, servers, data centers, and other telecommunication devices and software to help connect the world through electronic devices. Like many other technology companies, there were able to help bring this technology to the rest of the world because their hardware and software did not vary too much throughout different markets. They were able to become truly global and sell their products all over the world to enable billions of people enable them to connect into the digital world. (Boudreau) 2. Problems ...
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...Nowadays, E-commerce is a fundamental part of marketing activity. Most of e-commerce proceeds on the websites of publicly traded companies. A challenge that e-business face is that vulnerably experience e-crime, also known as cybercrime. As Internet technology continues to rise throughout the world, the threat of cyber crime also grows. While some of these crimes are relatively harmless and commonplace, others are very serious and carry with them felony charges. Various types of Cyber crimes that can be encountered over the net are spam, fraud, cyber terrorism and so on. Whether for individuals, companies or governments, cybercrime has become a big problem. Spam is defined as unsolicited junk e-mail. It is used by chain mailers, forger and some others who selling dubious products. “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has identified 12 types of scams that are most likely to arrive in consumers’ e-mail boxes. The “dirty dozen” are: business opportunities, bulk e-mail, work at home schemes, health and diet scams, effortless income, free goods, investment opportunities, cable descrambler kits, guaranteed loans or credit on easy terms, credit repair, and vacation prize promotions”(Phommalinh). Meanwhile, the most common type of cybercrimes occurred in spam is virus which spread by e-mails. When one receive an e-mail with a virus, the default settings of your computer do not have any action required to resist virus. At that point, virus can follow instructions and does anything whatever...
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...cybercrime can be anything from illegal betting, to identity theft, or more serious crimes such as human trafficking and child pornography. “to find violators and also propose new legislation to protect law-abiding citizens from cyber-crimes.” There are something we can do to protect ourselves from cybercrime like having anti-spyware, virus protection and malware software, but even with all of that we still might need some help. The government has tried to step up, and protect us but their efforts don’t always lead to a physical person to be punished for their crimes. Cyber bullying is a serious issue in today’s schools and business. If everyone adopted and educated people on netiquette guidelines would this issue be solved? Explain. It may help in a small way, but it will not eliminate the problem, because although we might not like to admit it we tend to be bullies on and off line. If we educate our kids and ourselves on how to behave and treat people well, that might have an impact on other people that are victims of cyber-bullying. It is a serious subject, there has been rumors that teenage kids have committed suicide, as a result from being bullied. “There also have been sensational stories about teens committing suicide as a result of "cyber bullying" taking place on social networks.” Rumor or not this should not be taken lightly and people need to educate themselves and their children to avoid this situation. If I post a poem on my Facebook site and someone cuts...
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...UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE | The Impact of Cybercrimes on Organization Supply Chains | ASCM 630 Research Paper | TurnItIn Originality Score: 27% | April Dorsey | 4/1/2012 | The paper must follow APA format, be written on an approved topic related to the course, and include discussion of how the topic relates to Acquisition and Supply Chain Management. The paper must list and discuss a minimum of 10 scholarly references (other than websites and the textbook) with at least 5 references that are scholarly journal articles on the topic from UMUC’s online library databases. | ABSTRACT This paper will discuss the impact of cyber crimes on organization supply chain functions, and steps taken to improve supply chain security. Cyber crimes include, but are not limited to, piracy, implanting viruses, netspionage, and credit card fraud. During these times, it is getting easier and easier for computer hackers and frauds to gain access to confidential information from anybody. It could be passwords and social security numbers of individuals, to databases and network systems of large corporations. For businesses, the main supply chain areas at risk are the processes and controls for various departments, such as human resources, finance and accounting, procurement, and marketing. One of the processes at bigger risk is procurement. Majority of companies use other businesses outside their own, like manufacturers and distributors, as part of their purchasing...
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...Introduction This research paper is an analysis of cyber crime. The threats, attacks and problems it can bring down a company and how it can be mitigated. In the 21fist century, connecting your business to the Internet and keeping the integrity of the information confidential, and available for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and three hundred and sixty-five days out of the year is crucial for the success within the company. There are US laws that companies have to be in compliance with. Such as HIPAA, CIPA, FISMA, GLBA, SOX and FERPA. This paper will also analyze different security methods that can be used to remain in compliance with these US Laws listed above. Background Some background information for cyber crime and famous hackers, I thought would be appropriate to mention a few for the purpose of this paper. To make sure how important systems security is to our country. In 2001 and 2002 Gary McKinnon hacked into US military computer networks. He Deleted important files in the operating systems in the US army’s district in Washington. Shutting down 2000 computers for 24 hours. He deleted weapons logs and crashed 300 computers for munition’s delivery to the US NAVY. He also broke into NASA networks to search for evidence of UFO cover-ups. In 2009, Albert Gonzalez helped steal about 36 million credit card numbers from TJX ,which cost the company about 160 million Dollars. Literature Review Social engineering is a practice of obtaining...
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...might not be illegal in another. There are four types of cybercrimes in relation to traditional crimes. First, Identity theft is a high tech crime that can be compared to its traditional counterpart of larceny. Second, cybercrimes crimes that involve illegal online gambling can be compared with the traditional form of illegal gambling. In certain states, there are legalized forms of gambling, yet internet gambling allows an individual in one state, that may prohibit such acts, gamble in another state or country, in which it is legal. Then, cyber stalking is comparable to stalking a person offline, and is another criminal act that proposes problems. Lastly, cybercrime involving cyber terrorism is comparable to its more traditional form of terrorism. A hacker’s purpose is to breach and bypass any type of cyber security so that they can see information that is set to be private for whatever reasons. Hackers have learned to exploit software and access networks and websites without administrator permission. Hacking began as a mostly mischievous venture born from curiosity. Early hackers would use their skills to play pranks or practical jokes on their peers. Since then, as the community has grown and the flow of sensitive information across the Web has increased, many in the hacker community have used their abilities for malevolent purposes. References Andersen, M.L., Taylor, H.F. (2005). Sociology: understanding a diverse society....
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...Research paper 1 SCADA Attack worldwide In era of modern technology evolves and it change continuously over the time as well as it creates risk or threat. The emergence of Internet and worldwide technologies as these systems were tightly integrated with business systems and became more exposed to cyber threats. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) protocols are communications protocols designed for the exchange of control messages on industrial networks. A control system is a device or set of devices to manage, command, direct, or regulate the behavior of other devices or systems. By complexity, the reliable operation of modern infrastructures depends on computerized systems and SCADA systems. These control systems and devices communicated with each other almost exclusively, and rarely shared information with systems outside their environment. As more components of control systems become interconnected with the outside world using IP-based standards, the probability and impact of a cyber attack is at highest risk. Complexity of SCADA architectures, there is a variety of both wired and wireless media and protocols involved in getting data back to the central monitoring site. This enables implementation of powerful IP-base SCADA networks over mixed cellular, satellite, and landline systems. SCADA communications can employ a diverse range of both wired (lease...
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...Web Security CMGT441 May 28, 2012 Riordan Manufacturing is a “Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion” with “projected annual earnings of $46 million” (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). Their mission statement focus is to be “industry leaders in using polymer materials to provide solutions to our customers challenges” and “identifying industry trends” (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). Yet, they are severely lacking in their physical and technical web security. Before any technical measures can be taken, physical measures should be considered. A big concern is where machines are located. The servers at San Jose and China are data centers and therefore need to be well protected. They should be in a locked fireproof room with authorized access only. Also, have a fire suppression and temperature controlled system. The servers at Albany and Pontiac should have the care, but at least be in a locked room away from the public to avoid accidents. All computers should be in an office or room that can be locked. Laptops should have cable locked or locked in a drawer when not in use. Printers should also be in a lockable room. Any research and design machines need to be in a separate part of San Jose building with special access and the servers need to have their own room. All the cyber security in the world could not stop someone from walking up to a machine and downloading the data. Next, to have a digital system the proper hardware needs to be in place. Riordan already has...
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...PROPOSAL FOR ABC NETWORKING AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYTEMS SAFETY Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course: Date: Table of Contents SECTION I: CONSULTANT …………………………..............................................2-5 SECTION II: OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABC REQUIREMENTS…………….5 SECTION III: OUR PROPOSAL……………………………………………………..6-16 SECTION IV: PROJECT RESOURCE……………………………………………..….17-18 Reference………………………………………………………………………………… I.0. Introduction BLM COMMUNICATIONS Your Ref… Our Ref: ABC/14/9 26 September 2014 Information Technology/ Systems Engineer ABC, Department of ICT Address: Dear Sir/Madam, RE: PROPOSAL FOR NETWORKING AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYTEMS SAFETY Proposal on enterprise-wide solution for networking topology, network devices, IP infrastructure, and network security innovative safety procedures and measures for implementation to provide safer environments for networking and electronic document management software. We look forward for your favorable consideration. Sincerely, Name, LEAD CONSULTANT 1. Business Questionnaire |Company Registration No. 490998 | |PIN Number P051564540Q ...
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...Case Study #1 Cyber Security in Business Organizations CIS 500: Information Systems for Decision-Making Cyber Security in Business Organizations On December 19, 2013, the Target Corporation in Minneapolis, MN, put out a press release on their website confirming there had been a security breach allowing unauthorized database access to their Point of Sale (POS) systems, between November 27 and December 15, 2013. Target reported approximately 40 million credit/debit card accounts could have been affected. In the release, Gregg Steinhafel, chairperson, president and chief executive officer, stated the following, “Target’s first priority is preserving the trust of our guests and we have moved swiftly to address this issue, so guests can shop with confidence. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. “We take this matter very seriously and are working with law enforcement to bring those responsible to justice.” (Target Press Release, 12/19/2013). Retailers are prime targets for hackers. Why? Simply stated, Risk versus Benefit. Retail stores compile a vast amount of financial data and banking information for millions of people across the country. It could be considered a new version of bank robbery. Rather than dealing with all the planning, resources needed and danger involved with robbing one actual bank, not to mention having to split the money with cohorts, hackers can skip the bank altogether. Obtaining consumers’ banking information provides all the benefits...
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...of Computer Crime” Marcus S. Mathews Professor Fleming CIS 170 7/15/12 Introduction In this week’s assignment, the author will talk about the four categories of computer crimes. The author will give examples of each. The author will also point out which category of computer crime is currently the most prevalent and why he believes this to be so. And finally, the author will try to point out what he believes the criminal justice system can improve upon to better combat cyber crime. The first category of computer crime is the computer as a target. This type of cyber-crime requires a level of technical knowledge from its perpetrators. Cyber-crime is relatively new, however, has been in existence since the implementation of computers in mainstream society. This could be a general explanation as to why and how unprepared society and the world are towards fighting these types of crimes [ (Joseph, 2006) ]. There are numerous crimes of this nature being committed on a daily basis. Examples of cyber-crime where the computer itself is the target include things like data alteration, denial of network access, theft of information, denial of service, and vandalism. The next category that the author would like to point out is the computer as an instrument of a crime. What this means is that the computer is used to profit with some other criminal activity in mind. Some examples of this are general theft, theft of service, fraud, and threats and/or harassment [ (Taylor, Fritsch...
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...DeVry University Alhambra, California Cyber Security Systems By Alvin Canlas (D01621385) Hernando De Leon (D40160634) Arees Dikranian (D01501086) Edward Huron (D01298546) Sandry Kho (D40246297) Chirag Patel (D40152599) Maria Ramirez (D01636860) Jaime Solorzano (D40201380) Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements for MGMT 404 Project Management Dr. John Lindem October 15, 2014 Executive Summary Information Technology continues to change at a rapid pace. These changes greatly affect the world we live in. Corporate giants such as Target, Home Depot, and Apple have been recent targets of cyber-attacks. To protect customer date we have to constantly adapt to the different style of attacks and adjust to their business technology policies. At Cyber Security Systems (CSS) it is our mission to maintain the continuity of these vital services and preserve the public’s trust in our information systems. In addition, it requires new levels of communication and cooperation among the public and private sector, corporate agencies and departments. Furthermore, it involves protecting our critical infrastructures from intrusion or attack as well as using the infrastructure as a tool with which law-enforcement agencies can gather, analyze and disseminate information. This business plan will provide a vision, purpose, mission and goals for technology at Cyber Security Systems. In addition, it also includes the current organization of Information...
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...Anthem Health Data Breach Could Compromise PII of 80M Date February 5, 2015 Hackers allegedly broke into Anthem, Inc.’s database last week, potentially compromising the personal information of approximately 80 million former and current customers, as well as employees, according to multiple reports. The information potentially compromised includes names, dates of birth, medical IDs or Social Security numbers, street addresses, and email addresses, according to a statement from Anthem president and CEO Joseph Swedish posted on the company website. Employment information, some of which included income data, might also be at risk in the Anthem health data breach.2014-11-13-163188459 “Based on what we know now, there is no evidence that credit card or medical information, such as claims, test results or diagnostic codes were targeted or compromised,” Swedish said. “Once the attack was discovered, Anthem immediately made every effort to close the security vulnerability, contacted the FBI and began fully cooperating with their investigation.” Swedish added that the personal information of Anthem employees, including himself, were also compromised in this data breach. It was a “very sophisticated external cyber attack,” according to Swedish, and despite Anthem’s best efforts and “state-of-the-art information security systems” its IT system was breached. “We join you in your concern and frustration, and I assure you that we are working around the clock to do everything...
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