Information Security: Contemporary Cases

KRAFT FOODS INC.:

PROTECTING EMPLOYEE

DATA

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ll companies are expected to protect the confidentiality

and integrity of their employees’ data. This means that

all companies must implement the controls needed to

effectively balance the nature of the data against the amount of

risk involved in accessing, processing, storing, and transmitting

that data. For global a company such as Kraft Foods Inc., the

controls also must ensure compliance with the data privacy reg-

ulations that exist in all countries in which it operates.

This case study describes the systems, processes, and formal

arrangements that have been implemented by Kraft Foods Inc.,

to ensure the security ...