Data breach in payroll department

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Write a detailed paper of data breach disaster in payroll department and provide detailed disaster recovery plan. APA paper with minimum of 4 peer reviewed articles as reference.

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Running head: DATA BREACHES IN PAYROLL DEPT.

Data breach in payroll department
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Introduction
Many times, payroll professionals are well-trained on data recovery emanating from
natural disasters like hurricanes, fires, and floods. However, most of them lack the necessary
competencies required to deal with disasters emanating from human-made actions like data
breaches. As businesses become so dependent on data, disaster recovery plans for data breaches
are increasingly becoming a necessity for leading organizations. For instance, payroll
departments store information relating to employees including their names, positions, and most
importantly, how much money in terms of wages and salaries each one of them is to be paid at
the end of every month or period. Thus, this department plays a very crucial role in the
organization. The department heads must ensure that the data they use is secured and protected
from all manner of disasters. In this paper, I will outline the sources and effects of data breaches,
and develop a disaster recovery plan for a data breach as it relates to the payroll department.
Sources of data breaches
A data breach refers to an incident in which information in a system is accessed, stolen,
or compromised without the authorization or understanding of the person in charge of securing
the information or people who use it (Shaw, 2009). In the context of the payroll department, a
data breach is said to have occurred when information relating to the list of payable employees
and their respective salaries or wages is accessed by an unauthorized person. Data breaches can
be caused by both internal ...


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