Chapter 5. Process
A Fortune 500 company that is based in California failed to protect its sensitive information. A simple mistake in controls planning allowed the spread of information about executive bonuses throughout the company, angering employees about the size of executives' quarterly bonuses and embarrassing executives. It all started with printer access and naming conventions.
The human resources department in California used a printer naming convention based on characters from the TV cartoon series, The Flintstones. The printer that was used in the human resources area to print the quarterly bonus reports was called “Bam Bam” after one of the Flintstone characters. However, the company's office in Miami also decided to name one of its ...
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