Questions:

1. List the problem(s) that you can identify. What do you think is actually happening at this point in time? Is it relevant? Is it related to anything else going on?

2. Is this an internal or external problem? Explain why.

3. Who (if anyone) in the company should be notified right now? Explain why.

4. Should anyone outside the company be notified? If so, who? Explain why.

5. Could this problem have been avoided? If so, how? Be specific in how you would implement the solution.

You work in IT for Company A, and you are involved in system and network administration. - Company A develops and markets cutting-edge IoT sensors for use in healthcare and government surveillance - Security is part of your responsibilities - A security breach at your organization would be headline news, with extremely negative ramifications for the organization and its profitability Assume that anything you say or do will potentially become part of any law enforcement investigation and/or lawsuits Point A: May 18, 8:10 a.m. 1. While putting together a materials order, one of Company A's lead hardware developers discovers that several prototype chips are missing, including an advanced AES decryption prototype, several integrated circuits that Company A was developing for medical equipment! and some application-specific circuit boards. 2. No one seems to know who had the chips last or where they could be. 3. One of the other hardware engineers in that department seems to remember seeing them in the lab last week. 4. The lead engineer would like to do a little more searching to see if they were taken to another lab. Point B: May 18, 9:10 a.m. 1. The hardware developer confirms that the chips are missing.