Heartland Payment Systems 

Perform a search in Google or in the school’s online library database for four or five companies that have been victims of cloud-related security breaches AND/OR cloud providers that have been victims of security breaches.

Required:

Minimum 2500 words— (not including Title page, Abstract, TOC, and Reference page). Each group participant is required to write at least 800 words and to label which section below written about.

Include:

I. Company Name- Heartland Payment Systems—type of company—brief history—Industry—Customers (consumer, business, or both)

II. Type of threat

III. What or (who) caused the threat

IV. How the threat was discovered

V. How the threat was resolved

VI. Explain what and how you would have implemented to have prevented the intrusion. Use third person: eg. One may argue; It may be concluded. – THIS IS MY QUESTION TO WORK ON. PLEASE START WRITING ON THIS QUESTION.

VII. Known repercussions from the threat (monetary, reputation, brand, customer loss, etc).

Include:

· Body

· Conclusion

· Reference page

· Minimum 3 references—DO NOT USE Wikipedia!

· USE APA 7.All in-text citations must be represented on the Reference page

· All papers will be checked for plagiarism in SafeAssign—ONLY SafeAssign at or below 20% will be accepted