Data Breach of 21st Century

Running head: DATA BREACH OF 21ST CENTURY
Data Breach of 21st Century
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Executive Summary
The main aspect of this report is to deal with the security data braches that happened recently
in the organizations of Heartland Payment Systems and Target Stores. This report puts a clear
reflection on the analysis of these data breach incidents as well assessments are provided in
this report for the stated organizations. Moreover, this report also suggests about some risk
mitigation strategies for this type of organizations, which can be adapted to restrict this type
of incidents.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Data Breach at various organizations.....................................................................................3
2.1 Heartland Payment Systems.............................................................................................3
2.1.1 How the attack occur.................................................................................................5
2.1.2 Vulnerabilities faced.................................................................................................5
2.1.3 Responsibility and reason of target...........................................................................5
2.1.4 Was it avoidable?......................................................................................................6
2.1.5 Can Cyber Insurance mitigate the risk......................................................................6
2.2 Target Stores....................................................................................................................6
2.2.1 How the attack occur.................................................................................................7
2.2.2 Vulnerabilities faced.................................................................................................7
2.2.3 Responsibility and reason of target...........................................................................8
2.2.4 Was it avoidable?......................................................................................................8
2.2.5 Can Cyber Insurance mitigate the risk......................................................................8
3. Similarities and Dissimilarities in the above organizations...................................................8
4. Mitigation techniques for future...........................................................................................10
5. Conclusion............................................................................................................................11
6. References............................................................................................................................12

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