Assignment Data Breaches
The head of the IT security department expressed her concerns about series of data breaches that occurred in the company and mentioned that many employees ignored their system security warnings.
You have been asked to provide a summary of information to the entire team about data breaches and suggest proactive and preventative measures for warding off viruses. Your presentation will be sent out to all company employees, so the information must be clear, concise, and informative.
To prepare your presentation, use your personal computer to perform the following tasks:
• Identify whether you have an anti-virus software running on your machine and from which company.
• Identify if a firewall is enabled on your machine and consider why you might need one.
Include the following:
• Define data breach
• Ways to determine if your system was infected with a virus
• List two actions that should be taken if a virus has infected your computer
• Instructions on locating anti-virus and firewall software on systems
• Describe at least three preventive measures against data breaches, both physical or digital
• Explain the importance of security warnings and the impact of ignoring them
• Describe (what, how impact) two well-known data breaches and what actions (minimum of two) were taken to resolve them.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.