Assignment 2: hacking the ais | acc 564 | Strayer University

Assignment 2: Hacking the AIS

In today’s technology environment, hackers present a substantial risk to a firm’s accounting or business system. As the result of these attacks, firms suffer huge losses, ranging from financial losses to losses in confidence by consumers, creditors, and suppliers. Firms may have made a significant investment in financial and non-financial resources to secure these systems.

For this assignment, research the Internet or Strayer databases and select a company whose database systems have been hacked.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Based on the information you researched, evaluate the      level of responsibility of the company in terms of the effectiveness of      the response to the security breach. Provide support for your rationale.
2. Imagine that the company that you researched uses a      third-party accounting system. Assess the level of responsibility of the      software provider to both the business and its clients. Provide support      for your rationale.
3. Create an argument for additional regulation as a      preventative measure against businesses being hacked. Provide support for      your argument.
4. Provide at least three (3) recommendations for      businesses to secure their systems and assets from hackers. Provide      support for your recommendation.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this      assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not      qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font      (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references      must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for      any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,      the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.      The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required      assignment page length.