Analysis of Case Study on Compliance for the Company: With increasing access to

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Analysis of Case Study on Compliance for the Company:

With increasing access to vital information it is essential that companies strive to protect their employees and clients privacy and rights. The CEO is providing you with highly confidential information in the hopes that you can assisting finding solutions to protecting the company, employees, and clients’ rights to privacy.

(Private Communication; no electronic transmission or paper trail) The president of TransManuCo recently experienced a heart attack and was hospitalized in intensive care at a local hospital. He was home with his wife when it occurred and although 911 was called, no other information to released to anyone, except the CEO, including the family. The details of the episode were kept from employees and clients due to the concern over possible company instability if it was known, even though the CEO was fully in control and able to continue operations. The president was widely known in both the community and in the business and was seen as the major force behind the company.   Fear was that stock prices would be affected and that high value clients would move their business. While the president was in the hospital, a nurse recognized him from a community committee they were on together. She off-handedly mentioned seeing him in intensive care to several friends over lunch. One was the president of a bank who had just approved a major investment loan for a new product that was under research and development. A news reporter from the local news station just happened to be sitting at the table next to the nurse, overheard the conversation and rushed to notify his editor of the news. Subsequently, the president’s wife was converged upon leaving the hospital by camera crews wanting to know what happened. She denied any knowledge of a heart attack and stated that he was there only for routine tests and was expected back at work within the week. Attempts were made to gain access to the hospital database for information and several reporters attempted to gain access to the ICU by posing as doctors.

Analyze the episodes in this case including:

A brief discussion of what the issue or threat is and how it could affect the company

What cyber security laws or compliance standards are affected

What actions the company should take to mitigate the issue or decrease the potential threat

Explanation / Answer

1) The president of TransManuCo a heart attack and was hospitalized in intensive care at a local hospital. The details of the episode were kept from employees and clients due to the concern over possible company instability if it was known, even though the CEO was fully in control and able to continue operations.

Issues was that stock prices would be affected and that high value clients would move their business.

One of the issue was president of a bank who had approved a investment loan for a new product that was under research and development.

2) A news reporter attempts were made to gain access to the hospital database for information and several reporters attempted to gain access to the ICU by posing as doctors, these is unethical hacking. An unethical hack is one that is done without the target of the hack being aware of it. It is often done to break into a network system to steal information or money, and sometimes to cause damage by inserting a virus or malware program. Unethical hacking is against the law, and those who engage in the act are considered cyber criminals.

3) Make sure employees and clients are trust the company like their is no affect to company because of CEO health.

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