Which of the following threats is the HIGHEST risk to Company XYZ?

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 information and resources for one month. To ease the transition, Company QRS also connected the plant and employees to the Company QRS network.

Which of the following threats is the HIGHEST risk to Company XYZ?
A . Malware originating from Company XYZ’s network
B . Co-mingling of company networks
C . Lack of an IPSec connection between the two networks
D . Loss of proprietary plant information

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Answer: B