IT_412_4_1_Short_Paper_Impact_of_Data_Breach.docx IT 412 4-1 Short Paper Impact of Da

IT_412_4_1_Short_Paper_Impact_of_Data_Breach.docx    IT 412  4-1 Short Paper  Impact of Data Breach  Sothern New Hampshire University  Scenario  An aircraft manufacturing company located in California, with contacts in the U.S. government, had a data breach. Data stolen included employee records containing employee names, addresses, social security numbers, and bank account numbers. It also included current aircraft blueprints. It was determined that the breach occurred due to an open remote access computer an employee set up with a simple password, for ease of working from home.  Impact of Data Breach  An unnamed aircraft manufacturer has reported that the company become the newest victims of a security data breach. The company is in California and has a contract with the U.S government. After a thorough investigation, it has been determined the breach was the result of an employees personal login credentials being stolen which lead to an hackers being to create a remote access as if they were working from home. Items taken during the breach included data such as employee names, addresses, social security numbers, and bank account numbers. It has been determined that sensitive copies of aircraft blueprints were stolen during the data breach.   The aircraft manufacturing company is in California. The state of California has a law in place that governs businessesthat have become victims of data breaches. The California breach Notification Act requires companies to notify all potential victims of data breaches whom information