Posted: February 8th, 2015

Accounting Information System “Case analysis”

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

Data Breaches at TJX Companies: To Implement or not Implement the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.Read the “Maxxed out” article and answer the following questions:
1- Describe the threat(s) that TJX faced and the causing vulnerability(ies).
2- Why type of risk control strategy American Express and other Issuers implemented with the PCI DSS strategy. Justify your answer.
3- Was implementing PCI DSS beneficial to all stakeholders?
4- In your point of view and related to the case you read, why do you think some companies not consider data security as high a priority as other risk in their risk management operations, despite the frequency and cost of data breaches?
5- Why is the implementation of an appropriate legislative framework problematic in the USA and does the state of Qatar face the same problems?
6- What can issuers and governments do to encourage companies to implement PCI DSS?

Use ONLINE REFERENCES ONLY. Show the website link in the references page.

The 6 points above must be addressed by indicating the question number (NOT the whole question) at the beginning of each attempt without making space after the number.