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
  16% (7)
• B
  43% (19)
• C
  9% (4)
• D
  32% (14)

Explanation

The HIGHEST risk to Company XYZ is the co-mingling of the two company networks. When Company QRS connects the plant to its own network, XYZ's network becomes interconnected with a competitor's network. This exposes XYZ's broader corporate systems, intellectual property, and sensitive data - far beyond just the plant-specific information - to potential unauthorized access by QRS employees or any threat actors on QRS's network. Answer D (loss of proprietary plant information) is a risk, but it is a known, scoped risk that is being managed by granting only plant-specific permissions for one month. Co-mingling the networks is the broader, less controlled threat. Answer A (malware from XYZ) and Answer C (lack of IPSec) are secondary concerns compared to the fundamental network boundary violation.

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