Response 2-1 (CET)

Running head: POOR IMPLEMENTED DATABASE 1

POOR IMPLEMENTED DATABASE 4

Poor Database Implementation:

Implementing a protected database is vital for every business organization. As the major field of information communication technologies (ICT) advances every day, some key security threats also rise. Many attacks are done effectively. Hence, for poorly implemented databases, the business risks are very high. The business organization will be at the threat of losing data and revealing their customer’s details to individuals who may do them more harm. Thus, it is vital to keep updated the database of the business. There are many cases whereby businesses have run into major losses or have been revealed to lose crucial information because of the poor database implementation.

Moreover, one of the key poorly implemented databases I have even read about is the data exposure of “Exactis.” It is a marketing company that went through a big challenge. The company left an estimated amount of around three hundred and forty million data highly exposed. Anyone who had great access to their computer servers would get info about their customers. It was a major case of poor planning of the database.  Hence, this incidence did not even lead to the loss of key detailed documents’ data like credit cards, and it was a higher exposure to business attacks (Hashim, 2018).

The main cause of the problem that was encountered by Exactis, i.e., the failure to install data security measures such as firewall layer to keep the data. However, it shows that the company’s security team not ever monitored their common site regularly to understand the business risks they were putting their customer’s information. Through constant monitoring of the database, it was even possible to notice numerous errors that were created and potentially rectified them. After being informed of their unprotected database, the company took a step and fixed data security measures to keep the data hide from being highly accessed through the public. Thus, in the Exactis case, malware hackers not ever got their method into the system; it was a corrupt practice as far as obtaining the database is highly concerned. So, the key potential solution to protect the Exactis data from the attackers was to use strong passwords and controlled the major use of computers (Mosheshe, 2017).

References

Hashim, H. B. (2018). Challenges and security vulnerabilities to impact on database systems. Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science, 29(2). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329025438_Challenges_and_Security_Vulnerabilities_to_Impact_on_Database_Systems

Mosheshe, J. (2017). The effect of increased reliance on information systems and relational databases in airline industries: a case study of british airways. Journal of Computer Engineering & Information Technology, 6(5). Retrieved from https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/the-effect-of-increased-reliance-on-information-systems-and-relational-databases-in-airline-industries-a-case-study-of-british-air-B6vI.php?article_id=6608