Company XYZ is selling its manufacturing business consisting of one plant to a competitor, Company QRS. All of the people will become QRS employees, but will retain permissions to plant-specific…

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Options

• AMalware originating from Company XYZ's network
• BCo-mingling of company networks
• CLack of an IPSec connection between the two networks
• DLoss of proprietary plant information

• A
  12% (6)
• B
  66% (33)
• C
  18% (9)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

The correct answer is B. The highest risk to Company XYZ is the co-mingling of the two company networks. Because QRS connected the plant directly to its corporate network, and the former XYZ employees retain permissions to XYZ resources for one month, those employees simultaneously have access to both Company XYZ's systems and Company QRS's systems. This creates a direct pathway for XYZ's proprietary data - trade secrets, manufacturing processes, customer lists - to flow to QRS either deliberately or accidentally. This undermines the terms of the sale and could expose XYZ to significant legal and competitive harm. Option D (loss of proprietary information) is a consequence of B, not a separate root risk. Options A and C are secondary concerns.

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