Elizabeth Smart

leave customers in panic, and vigilantly inspecting their checking accounts, credit card statements, and their credit scores to ensure they have not been taken advantage of. But how prevalent are breaches? According to a report by USA Today’s Elizabeth Weise, an astounding 43% of businesses had been hacked in 2014 and they don’t seem to be slowing down (Weise, 2014). It is important to expand further on the Target store breach of 2013.…

Charlie Gordon is 37-years-old and mentally challenged. He writes daily progress reports about everything that has happened to him. “Mr. Strauss says I [should] [write] down what I think and [everything] that [happens] to me from now on,” as Charlie states in progress report 1- March 5,1965. As Charlie’s intelligence increases since he had the operation, the progress that he has made in his writing and perspectives on things is very clear. In progress report 2- March 6 Charlie goes into take an…

1. Product Impact 1.1 Background In 2003, the Queensland Government set to developing a smart and electronic way to ticket commuter who use public transport such as trains, buses and ferries. They awarded a contract to Cubic Corporation of $134 million dollars to design this electronic ticketing system. The Queensland Government wanted Cubic Corporation, who is an American corporation providing military equipment and automated ticketing system within America, to build and operate an electronic…

Introduction “We started with a simple idea… That everyone should be able to accept credit cards—and we‘ve been rethinking buying and selling ever since” ("About Square."). This is the mission statement found on Square’s website. Back in 2009 Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Square, came up with an idea to make payments simpler; thus, Square was created and launched in May 2010. Square has opened a new way of paying for small businesses with three choices to choose from: Magstripe Reader, the…

In the article I read, I learned that over a five month period, Home Depot’s payment terminals have been compromised. Home Depot’s breach was much bigger than the holiday attack at Target Corp (Sidel). Home Depot’s payment terminals have been under attack by hackers. Hackers, malicious computer users that find new ways to harass people defraud corporations, steal information, and maybe even destroy the economy (Strickland, 1). I believe not all hackers are here to inflict harm on others. Some…

which is better known as a federated identity. This paper will discuss some problems that can arise when not having SSO in place, some advantages and disadvantages when using SSO for AD and LADP access and a comparison between Kerberos-based and smart card based SSO. Problems in organizations without SSO implemented When organizations do not have SSO implemented, it can cause some issue for system users. Reports have shown that an…

In the today’s world of the high technology workplace and business environment there are several factors that need to be considered when designing a computer network. Integrity and vulnerability of data, cost of the network itself, accessibility, flexibility for expansion and ability to support the consumer. Other factors that should be considered when setting up a network include: What is the purpose of the network, what are the bandwidth requirements to efficiently operate the network and…

Traditionally, power grid architectures were standalone systems that consisted of proprietary protocols traversing legacy hardware and software systems (Li et al., 2012). Power grid automation systems using this type of architecture carried high operating costs that power companies found to be inefficient over time (Kuder et al., 2010). Due to this inefficiency, power companies began to integrate the operation of power grid automation systems into public networks. This integration served its…

replace magnetic strip cards and to increase security of credit card and debit card transaction. Card data for magnetic strip cards is static and stored on the card itself making it easier you clone and use it for fraudulent activity. In contrast smart card data is dynamic and each transaction creates has unique transaction data (unique transaction Code). For added support that transaction may also require a Pin or a signature. Because course of this the technology is often referred to as chip…

Smart Grid Technologies: Communication Technologies and Standards Smart Grid History As soon as electrical distribution grids came into being the need for metering arose. The initial devices were used for metering consumption, however modern smart grid technology uses two way metering and can switch appliances on or off according to demand and off peak tariffs. Over the last one hundred years many obstacles to smart grid technology have been overcome. The earliest attempt at smart grid was…