Chief security officer of TJX Companies Inc (TJX) is faced with a dilemma on his first day at work. The company opened in December 2006, breaking into a computer system, starting in 2005. There is an ongoing investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the attack. The company is also in the middle of a series of claims claims for losses financial institutions for violating privacy. Security chief to focus on connectivity gaps in information technology companies (IT) security in the short term, as well as taking steps to ensure that in the long term, the attack does not happen again. He also had to get control TJX start looking at IT security is not a technology problem, but as a business issue. "Hide
by Nicole RD Haggerty, Ramasastry Chandrasekhar Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 12 pages. Publication Date: March 12, 2008. Prod. #: 908E03-PDF-ENG
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