Report on Verizon Data Breach
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Report on Verizon Data Breach
Added on 2020-02-24
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Running head: INFORMATION SECURITYInformation SecurityName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s note
1INFORMATION SECURITYExecutive SummaryThis report focuses on the recent data breaches that took place in July 2017. It discusses aboutthe Verizon data breach that took place due the misconfiguration of the cloud. The second part ofthe report talks about the WannaCry ransomware attack that took place in May, 2017. In the endthis report also gives recommendation about the preventive measures that can be taken in orderto resolve such security issues.
2INFORMATION SECURITYTable of ContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................3Part A...................................................................................................................................3Problem............................................................................................................................3Reason for the Data Breach.............................................................................................3How did the Data Breach Occur......................................................................................5Possible Solution.............................................................................................................5Part B...................................................................................................................................6Problem............................................................................................................................6The Affected Organizations or Countries........................................................................7Procedure of the Attack...................................................................................................7Possible Preventive Measures..........................................................................................8Conclusion...........................................................................................................................8References..........................................................................................................................10
3INFORMATION SECURITYIntroductionIn this era of information and communication technology (ICT), security is a major issue.Data breach is a situation where the sensitive and major important information of an organizationis accessed in an unauthorized manner. This information is later on copied and lost. Propersecurity policies must be incorporated in the system in order to overcome such issues.This report discusses about the Verizon data breach that took place in July, 2017. It givesa detailed report on the causes, affected people and the possible solutions for this problem. Thesecond part of the report discusses about the WannaCry ransomware attack that took place inMay, 2017. It points out the reason behind and the preventive measures of the ransomwareattack.Part AProblem Verizon Wireless is a well reputed telecommunication company which operates itsbusiness in America (Mathews, 2017). They are responsible for offering wireless devices andservices. They have faced a major data breach because of cloud leak. The Verizon partner wasresponsible for leaking all the data in cloud. It exposed approximately the accounts of millions ofcustomers. All the information present in their account was leaked in July, 2017 creating a lot ofproblem and chaos.Reason for the Data Breach The major reason or cause behind the data breach was a cloud based repository file thatwas not configured. This leaked the information of 14 million people of the United States who
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