8-13 Identify and describe the security and control weaknesses discussed in this case.

8-14 What management, organization, and technology factors contributed to these problems?

8-15 Discuss the impact of the Equifax hack. 8-16 How can future data breaches like this one be prevented? Explain your answer.

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Information systems are increasingly becoming vulnerable to attacks. As technologies advance, the threats facing information systems increase. Hackers are after vulnerabilities in information systems that they can manipulate (Conteh & Schmick, 2016). In the case of Equifax, the attackers took advantage of a vulnerability that was present in software used by the company. Even though a patch for the software was already…

 

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