Data breach in the entertainment industry
Assessment Information: Data breach in the entertainment industry
This assignment is an individual assignment. This assignment requires you to produce a report evaluating at least one current issue facing the arts or entertainment industry. Justify how this issue has shaped or will shape the future of the arts and entertainment industries. Provide recommendations for the industry that will address or resolve this issue.
Give consideration to issues such as audience and participant experience, economic and social impacts, and any other issues you feel are relevant. You should use appropriate theories and academic references in your work to discuss impacts of the selected issue and provide recommendations with academic justification for proposed changes or developments within the arts and entertainment industries.
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Data breach in the entertainment industry
Introduction
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) alleges that in 2020, over 292 million people were impacted by data breaches (Algarni et al. 2021). ITRC also noted that one of the reasons linked to the latter was an implementation of weak work models decreasing Cybersecurity issues. As one of the prominent companies in the entertainment industry, Netflix has encountered several data breach issues deteriorating its reputation and overall business performance (Coleman and Techie, 2022). Termed as an American Service and Production Company, Netflix has encountered data breaches since 2006. In 2006, for instance, its users’ histories were exposed. Despite taking versatile measures to curb data breaches, Netflix experienced addition cyber-attacks in 2017, 2019 and 2022. This paper argues that data breach is an ongoing issue in the entertainment industry and adversely affects the firm’s reputation and overall brand profit. In addition, this paper will discuss some of the examples of data breaches in Netflix Company and, its effects and, remedies companies in the entertainment industry can use to address the issues of data breach.
A brief overview of Netflix Company
Netflix was founded 29th August 1997 by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in Scotts Valley, California (Rancord Society, 2019). It offers several award-winning television programs, animations, films and documentaries….. Read more
