Write a business email to a supervisor communicating the specifics of a data breach that impacted an organization of your choosing, including the impact of the vulnerability that was exploited and controls that were implemented because of the data breach.
Specifically, address the following rubric criteria:
Summarize the data breach that affected the organization. Include an APA citation for the resource used.
Describe the vulnerability that was exploited. Include the following
The controls that failed or were not in place
Assess the controls the organization put in place to minimize the risk of a data breach occurring again.
Explain the organization’s response to the data breach. Include the following
The way that the organization handled the data breach
Suggestions regarding ways that the organization could have handled the data breach differently or better
Explain the impact the data breach had on the organization’s financial reporting.
The importance of the IT environment to financial reporting