Description: “This is the largest security breach we’ve ever had worldwide,” said Avivah Litan, an analyst with research firm Gartner. “There was a case at CardSystems where 40 million records were exposed, but this one looks like it was a case where the information was stolen.”

Source: Dawn Kawamoto, Cnet

Date: 3/29/2007

Link: http://news.cnet.com/TJX-says-45.7-million-customer-records-were-compromised/2100-1029_3-6171671.html

Discussion Questions:

1. Is it possible to guard against all security breaches?  Why or why not?