Major Case Analysis

For this task you are required to address an issue or problem faced by their company of choice. Equifax is a credit reporting agency that offers different types of data analytics, reports, and software. This credit bureau has been quite successful over time, but they were faced with a major issue in 2017 when their cyber-security walls were breached by hackers who proceeded to steal personal information of over 143 million people. This personal information includes social security numbers, drivers license numbers, addresses, credit card numbers and more. For a firm like this to be trusted with millions and millions of people’s extremely sensitive and private information, there is no way that this should have been possible in the first place. Over 100 million people to trust a company to keep this information private and within a few months’ cyber-criminals found a way to steal all this information right out from under them. This is a major legal and security issue that has put not only people in the United States at risk, but in Canada and the U.K. as well. https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-security-overhaul-year-after-breach/ https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/technology/business/equifax-data-breach/index.html Your analysis and recommendations should be supported with high-quality evidence, including textbooks and peer-reviewed academic journal articles covering the appropriate topics that apply to your specific problem from the following list: Accounting Business Communications Business Ethics Business Finance Business Integration and Strategic Management Business Leadership Economics Global Dimensions of Business Information Management Systems Legal Environment of Business Management Marketing Quantitative Research Techniques/Statistics