Summary: ABC Company is a manufacturing company that produces new technology that sells online directly to customers and retailers.

Summary:

ABC Company is a manufacturing company that produces new technology that sells online directly to customers and retailers.  The system they use is a core transactional Enterprise Resource Planning system called NEDS. NEDS is similar to many core systems that provide integrated applications on a common platform for financials, managing materials, sales distribution, and production planning (similar to Oracle or SAP).   NEDS is located in the Netherlands, while ABC Company is located in Florence, Kentucky. On June 15, 2016, James Hurd (ABC's Global Security Director) was notified that NEDS was burglarized during business hours involving individuals stealing equipment including blackberries, iPhones, laptops and hard drives.  Local police were notified and the incident was reported on that date.  A police report only included identification of specific hardware that was stolen and several bicycles.