The best alternative(s) available to Sony Corp. now to resolve their security crisis

The best alternative(s) available to Sony Corp. now to resolve their security crisis
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In the recent past, the multinational that is Sony Corp. has been the target of a wide range of attacks from an even diverse group of online hackers. While the real motivation behind these attacks may never come to the fore, this paper seeks to carry out an analysis of Sony Corp.’s recent predicament and propose a few solutions to help stem any similar attacks in the future, not only with Sony, but also among key industry players, big or small, who may find it necessary to avoid any such compromise.
Introduction
Sony, for several years has been a target for online hackers. The exact time the corporation has been targeted still remains in question. However, in the wake of the spring of 2011, the corporation experienced a series of some of the most extremely compromising security intrusions in the history of any major industry player. The largely successful flagship PlayStation network was tampered with and customer information was reportedly compromised. The PlayStation is Sony’s flagship product with several millions of customers and the extent to which the credit card information and financial data of million of customers had been accessed by the criminals who were largely anonymous is still unknown. Consequently, the Sony Corporation has incurred losses to the tunes of millions and it’s going to take quite sometime before they can regain the long lost momentum in the business. Furthermore, the corporation’s reputation and image has greatly been damaged and as a result, efforts to repair the reputation have been underway for quite some time. It is quite obvious that this damage will prove a hard nut for Sony to control and the efforts needed to bring the corporation back to the front would take several months if not years. The damage, however, is certainly permanent.
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