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Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
jz4analytics
15 Feb 2015, 17:44
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PROMPT -
“Our research indicates that over the past six years no incidents of employee theft have been reported within ten of the companies that have been our clients. In analyzing the security practices of these ten companies, we have further learned that each of them requires its employees to war photo identification badges while at work. In the future, therefore, we should recommend the use of such identification badges to all of our clients.”
ESSAY -
"The argument is flawed in several ways. We need further information to be able to draw the conclusion that badges are the main prevention of security breaches. There are several alternative explanations.
The memorandum states that there have been no security breaches in the past six years for any of the ten clients. We need more details to determine whether or not this is an accomplishment. One important piece of information needed is how often security breaches happen for all companies; is no security breach over six years unusual, or is that typical in the industry? We need the base rate for security breaches.
It would also be beneficial to compare the rate of security breaches between companies with and without badges. In order to support the conclusion, companies with badges must have a significantly lower chance of a security breach than companies with badges. It is best to compare while controlling for other factors, such as the size of the company. It is reasonable to assume that larger companies are at a greater risk. It becomes more difficult to track employees the large a company becomes.
It is possible that this system of identifying employees has little to do with breaches. The issue with security may be with the employees themselves, and not with outsiders breaking in. If the security breaches happen outside the building then the argument falls apart. Perhaps, employees are deliberately selling data. Alternatively, the breach might happen when an employee takes a laptop or hard drive home. Breaches may also happen by sending data insecurely through email.
As we have seen, there are many possibilities that weaken the argument and we do not have enough information to confirm its conclusion."
“Our research indicates that over the past six years no incidents of employee theft have been reported within ten of the companies that have been our clients. In analyzing the security practices of these ten companies, we have further learned that each of them requires its employees to war photo identification badges while at work. In the future, therefore, we should recommend the use of such identification badges to all of our clients.”
ESSAY -
"The argument is flawed in several ways. We need further information to be able to draw the conclusion that badges are the main prevention of security breaches. There are several alternative explanations.
The memorandum states that there have been no security breaches in the past six years for any of the ten clients. We need more details to determine whether or not this is an accomplishment. One important piece of information needed is how often security breaches happen for all companies; is no security breach over six years unusual, or is that typical in the industry? We need the base rate for security breaches.
It would also be beneficial to compare the rate of security breaches between companies with and without badges. In order to support the conclusion, companies with badges must have a significantly lower chance of a security breach than companies with badges. It is best to compare while controlling for other factors, such as the size of the company. It is reasonable to assume that larger companies are at a greater risk. It becomes more difficult to track employees the large a company becomes.
It is possible that this system of identifying employees has little to do with breaches. The issue with security may be with the employees themselves, and not with outsiders breaking in. If the security breaches happen outside the building then the argument falls apart. Perhaps, employees are deliberately selling data. Alternatively, the breach might happen when an employee takes a laptop or hard drive home. Breaches may also happen by sending data insecurely through email.
As we have seen, there are many possibilities that weaken the argument and we do not have enough information to confirm its conclusion."
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