The Universal Research Association has just been acquired by the Association of Medical Business Researchers. The new conglomerate has funds to upgrade or replace hardware as part of the…

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Options

• AOne of the companies may use an outdated VDI.
• BCorporate websites may be optimized for different web browsers.
• CIndustry security standards and regulations may be in conflict.
• DData loss prevention standards in one company may be less stringent.

• A
  10% (4)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  68% (28)
• D
  17% (7)

Explanation

When two organizations from different regulated industries merge, they may be subject to entirely different - and potentially conflicting - compliance frameworks. For example, one organization might be subject to HIPAA (healthcare) and another to SOX (financial services) or GLBA, each with different requirements for data handling, access controls, logging, and retention. Reconciling conflicting regulatory requirements typically demands significant software modifications. Since the company cannot fund major software projects, some systems simply cannot be brought into compliance or integrated without violating one regulatory framework or another. Options A, B, and D represent technical or operational differences that can generally be resolved with hardware upgrades or configuration changes - which the company CAN fund.

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