Timeline for Should I disclose I know sensitive information about a company relation that I wasn't supposed to know?
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| Jul 7, 2016 at 3:01 | comment | added | reirab | @Paparazzi For many facilities (including the one where I did my internship,) a clearance is required to work there in any capacity whatsoever. The one I worked at used the intern/co-op program more as a recruitment tool for engineers than anything else. They made offers to all of us who they liked after we graduated. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:40 | comment | added | paparazzo | @NateDiamond I am amazed at how many interns get a clearance. They may reduce the cost or something. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 21:32 | comment | added | reirab | @NateDiamond I had a clearance to the Secret level at my summer internship in college, as did everyone else who worked there. Some others require Top Secret (or the DoE equivalent.) That said, OP didn't say anything about this being classified, so I'd agree it probably isn't unless OP specifies otherwise. The question sounds more like proprietary information than actually classified. That said, 'Confidential' is actually a level of classification, so it's best to avoid using that term for unclassified proprietary information in a context that could include classification. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 20:42 | comment | added | Nate Diamond | @ChrisG Why would an intern have classified clearance from either company? This seems obviously confidential information and not classified information with very high probability. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 19:14 | comment | added | Anketam | The OP was asking about whether or not to tell his current employer not whether or not to tell his potential employer. Good answer, but wrong question. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 16:09 | comment | added | paparazzo | That is an irresponsible view of security. I can tell you that is not the US federal government view of security. Leaked/published information (intentional or unintentional) is still sensitive. If you have knowledge it is sensitive then you have to treat it as such. Adding inference to published information based on sensitive information is a security beach. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 15:48 | comment | added | Amy Blankenship | My experience of the defense industry is it's very much a "keep your head down, don't rock the boat" one. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 15:42 | comment | added | Chris G | If you've ever worked around classified information, you actually do have that responsibility. I likely would have had your same reaction before exposure to the defense industry. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | AndreiROM | @ChrisG - give me a break. It's not as if the OP wrote those documents, or has any personal responsibility, especially as an intern who's there for a few months. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 15:26 | comment | added | Chris G | That is not the way it is. When you're dealing with government classified information, that mindset could get your company millions of dollars in fines and could cost you your job and future employ-ability in the industry. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 13:41 | history | answered | AndreiROM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |