Personal information hacked! Customer data loss! Data center on fire! An IT disaster of any form affects organizations, equipment, employees, and customers. Organizations may have plans for detecting and responding to system threats and mitigating the effects. Unfortunately, having a plan does not mean every disaster can be anticipated or avoided.

Anything can happen at any time-usually when you least expect it. In this Water Cooler Discussion, you continue to get to know your colleagues and establish your personal and professional network by sharing a memorable IT disaster.

Take this opportunity to learn from each other's experiences by asking probing questions so that you can add your colleagues' post-mortem insights to your personal knowledge base. To prepare for this Discussion: Select the biggest IT disaster that you have experienced or been involved with as a member of an IT team or that has affected you as an employee or customer.

If you have not been involved with an IT disaster personally, please use a reported example from the media or the Internet. By Day 3, post a response of approximately 350-500 words in which you describe the IT disaster you selected. Explain the root cause of the disaster.

Then, explain how this disaster affected an organization or individuals. Finally, explain how the organization or individuals responded to that threat. If you do not know for sure, speculate on the response.Needs to be in APA Style