| Title: Data Storage Scenario
Characters: Abigail, a Researcher Knute, her Colleague Rachid, Systems Administrator INTERIOR, DAY. COMPUTER WORKSTATION, IMMUNOLOGY LAB Abigail is entering subject data when Knute enters. KNUTE Hey Abigail, are you almost done? ABIGAIL I've got ( counting ) two, four .. six more subject sets to enter, why? KNUTE I want to check my mail. ABIGAIL You can't; the network is down. KNUTE Again? Did somebody call Rachid? Maybe he can fix it this afternoon. ABIGAIL Rachid has access to this computer? KNUTE He has access to all the computers; he's the system administrator. ABIGAIL But this computer has highly confidential data on it. Names. Addresses.. Diagnosis. Prognosis. KNUTE We've never had any problems with Rachid. He's been here for years. ABIGAIL But we signed confidentiality agreements. Nobody other than researchers working on the project were to have access to this computer. No one ever said anything about our sharing it with our system administrator. KNUTE Like Rachid really wants to know about hepatitis B... ABIGAIL That's not the point. The point is he has access. KNUTE You think we should tell the subjects now? ABIGAIL What do you think? KNUTE It's a little late, isn't it? And it will look stupid that we didn't think of it before. ABIGAIL We'll just keep this machine off the LAN. You can check your Email somewhere else. KNUTE But Rachid would still have access to it. ABIGAIL Can't we password-protect the database? KNUTE One of the things we need a system administrator for is getting around password protections that we've forgotten the passwords for. Do you remember when I changed my login without writing down the new password? ABIGAIL Oh, I remember. KNUTE We'd be lost without Rachid. ABIGAIL Well, what if he signed a confidentiality agreement? (Rachid enters.) RACHID Hi guys. ABIGAIL and KNUTE Oh, hi Rachid. What's up? RACHID Don't know what's up, but I hear the network is down !