Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Case Study

Running head: FACEBOOK AND MARK ZUCKERBERG
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Case Study
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................2
Brief Idea of Facebook Data Breach Case Study...................................................................2
Importance of Information Security Awareness in the Case Study.......................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
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Introduction
InfoSec or information security can be stated as the major practice for the core
purpose of preventing from all types of unauthenticated as well as unauthorized access,
inspection, recording, destruction, disclosure, modification and disruption of the confidential
information and data (Peltier, 2013). This type of information can subsequently take the basic
form such as electronic and physical. The most significant focus over the data security is
properly balance the complete protection of confidentiality, integrity and availability triad.
This literature review provides a basic outline regarding the recent case study of the data
leakage within Facebook as well as the point of view of the CEO of Facebook, Mark
Zuckerberg about a program of InfoSec awareness.
Literature Review
Brief Idea of Facebook Data Breach Case Study
During the month of September in the year of 2018, the social networking web site of
Facebook was eventually accused to get into a specific network exposure when the
confidential data of over 87 million Facebook users were being leaked (Isaac & Frenkel,
2018). This particular data breach is significantly considered as one of the largest and
threatening breaches that has occurred in last 10 years and thus both the administrators as
well as the users of Facebook were the victims. Each and every respective attacker or hacker
was responsible for such act and has exploited the significant feature in Facebook’s codes.
They did this for ensuring to gain a basic access to the Facebook accounts of several users
and then intentionally taking the subsequent control of every feature of this particular social
networking web site.
The specified senior executives have testified several times for this data breaching
case quickly and few of the law makers have provided the recommendations of the country’s