14902. MICROSOFT SECURITY RESPONSE CENTER (A) IVEY CASE STUDY 9B01E019. This paper provides an analysis of a Richard Ivey School of Business case study (9B01E019) concerning a suspected security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) software. Following an executive summary of the case study, the paper identifies key stakeholders and the major concerns of each stakeholder; analyzes the major concerns of the decision-maker in the case; develops an action plan with time-table for response; considers the ethical and practical issues in cooperating with a hacker to fix the problem; and discusses pros and cons of making source code public to expedite corrections of security vulnerabilities. KEYWORDS: computer security virus hacker Microsoft security vulnerabilities case studies ivey business case solution. Written 2006. 11 pages, 0 footnotes, 1 bibliographic source. 2,497 words.