Case Study: Losing Data Hurts
The case discussion is designed to make you think strategically at the CIO/CISO level. In your discussion focus on how you would deal with each of these situations if you were the CIO/CISO thus integrated both your business acumen and your technical knowledge.
Compare and contrast the issues contained in the questions below in 3-5 pages double spaced with citations.
- How should a corporation respond to a large-scale loss of customer data?
- How might a corporation be hurt by acknowledging a large-scale data loss?
- As data loss admissions become more widespread, how would they affect consumers’ willingness to share information with corporations?
- How should a corporation decide the appropriate level of resources to devote to securing its data?
- Why is the healthcare sector such a big target for data thieves?
- Why are corporations worried about insider threats with respect to data loss?