Reference no: EM133033830
You are an Advisory Senior Associate and your manager has gathered your team to discuss beginning work on a new engagement.
Valis Global, a tech solutions firm, focuses on warehousing, inventory, and fleet management solutions. The company has experienced significant growth in the past 5 years after coming up with advanced inventory management systems that operate using camera drones and AI to help clients perform inventory counts and asset identification tasks remotely. Valis currently has clients from North America to Asia, and company leaders are considering a new partnership that would continue to expand their business. The potential partner is Fox Alpha, a global security company that is most interested in Valis' data gathering technology. They think it might be useful in some of their military-related work.
Michelle Fisher (an associate at Valis Global) says that Valis has been vocal about the importance of data security, privacy, and ethics when offering their drone based solutions. The revenues generated by a deal with Fox Alpha could help Valis expand and offer better services to their current clients.
However, it seems that in the last few weeks, some new issues have come up and Michelle needs your help again. The CEO of Fox Alpha recently made negative comments on his personal social media account, which is visible to the public, about the US government's handling of data privacy. His posts criticized the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, commonly known as the CLOUD Act. He also made some offhand remarks about reducing Fox Alpha's US footprint in the future, and instead storing their data only on European servers.
Additionally, the VX-MK-1 drone, the first ever commercially available drone made by Valis, has been discovered to have a security flaw that the company's analysis suggests will be very expensive to fix. The executives at Valis are not quite sure they want to commit resources to resolving the issue.
Your manager would like you to put together a one to two page report for Michelle to facilitate her conversations with the executive teams. You should discuss the implications of Fox Alpha's CEO's recent social media slip, the impact of the CLOUD Act on Valis' business, and the ethical issues related to the VX-MK-1 drone security flaw.
Compose a 1-2 report for your manager. When drafting your report, be sure to include the following:
1) What clarifying questions would you ask of Fox Alpha regarding their CEO's statements? What are the ethical implications of NOT fixing it?
2) What further clarifying questions should be asked regarding the VX-MK-1 drone security issues?
What are the ethical implications of Fox Alpha's CEO's recent social media statements?
3) What concerns should Valis have regarding the CLOUD Act? Is there any advantage to storing data in Europe vs the US?
4) How does Valis determine if and how they should address the security flaw on their old drone?
5) Any other revelation information regarding the issues listed above.
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