Question: Research : BlackPOS Malware Steals Target's Customer Data.

Answer the following questions that relate to the case:

Part I: 1. Was cyber security a priority at Target? Explain.

2. How did lax security impact Target's sales revenue and profit performance?

3. According to experts, how was the data breach executed?

4. In addition to the data theft, what else was damaged by this incident?

5. Was this cyber security incident foreseeable? Was it avoidable?

6. Why might management not treat cyber threats as a top priority?

7. Research recent news concerning this data breach. Has Target recovered from it? Explain.

8. Assuming that the CEO and CIO were forced to resign, what message does that send to senior management at U.S. companies?

Part II: 1. Why is it important that businesses maintain a high level of visibility on search engine results pages?

2. Explain how search engines determine if websites contain relevant information or content.

3. Discuss the ethical issues of social networks and anytime, anywhere accessibility.

4. What are the four primary factors described in the text that set the state for Web 2.0 or the social Web that we enjoy today?

5. Why is technology potentially important to the banking industry?

6. What consumer needs does it fulfill?

7. Explain the purpose of an enterprise system?

8. Describe and discuss the three types of enterprise systems.

9. When you engage your customers in a conversation, they may tell you (and others) things you don't want to hear. They might criticize your product, service, management, and/or employees. Would it be smarter for companies to limit their online exposure to Web sites that project a wellthought-out message and do not encourage or allow responses from customers? Give me your thoughts?

10. IT offshoring is a very controversial issue because it shifts jobs to other countries. At the same time, it has the potential to decrease the organization's costs significantly. Whether offshoring is good or bad for the people of affected countries is an issue of constant controversy. Discuss how you feel about this issue?