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ENTERPRISE CONTINUITY PLANNING
FXT2 TASK 2
November 10, 2015 chrystal kimbrough
WGU
November 10, 2015 chrystal kimbrough
WGU

EXPLANATION SUMMARY
ENTERPRISE CONTINUITY PLANNING

A company’s worst fear came to fruition when an employee hacked into his own records on the human resource system and was successful in modifying their own records. The employee gave himself an increase in pay by increase his base salary rate. The employee had success in performing this crime by spoofing an IP address, allowing their self the ability to eavesdrop on the network. By spoofing the specific IP address, the employee was able to find the location of the data and successfully modified it for their gain. After the fact, the employee received two paychecks containing the fraudulent salary.
An auditor, who was effectively performing their job duties, became aware of the fraudulent acts of the employee, and thus sent an email to several pertinent individuals within the organization making them aware of the situation and that there is potentially a discretion with the employee’s paycheck. Probably on the “look-out” for reaction from their errant ways, the employee somehow was able to intercept the emails that were intended for the original recipients. The employee then created falsified responses, posing them to seem as if they were coming from the intended individuals that the original email was sent to. This exchange went on back and forth, and ultimately as a result of this exchange, the employee was granted permissions to other financial records. Equipped with this new found information, the employee proceeded to decrease the salaries of a number of employees in the company, including the salary of the president. The employee then included the difference into their own paycheck as well.
According to the company’s IT