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CIS 500 Week 6 Case Study 1
Case Study 1: Cyber Security in Business Organizations
Protecting organizational assets and information within the company has become a top priority
for many organizational leaders.
Review the article titled “Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How
Target Blew It”,located here.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Determine the fundamental challenges that organizations face in general in regard to
protecting organizational assets and information.
Specify the red flag(s) that Target overlooked or ignored before the retail attack and give your
opinion as to why Target overlooked or ignored the red flag(s).
Determine the main actions that Target took after the breach occurred and evaluate the
efficiency of such actions.
Conclude the main reasons why the attack on Target occurred. Give your opinion as to whether
or not the attack was mainly due to the poor infrastructure or the inability of management to
act accordingly. Justify your response.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as
academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: