Your company is contracted to perform IT services for a local government agency. During routine maintenance, you discover unencrypted files containing sensitive employee data, including social security numbers, on a public file server. What is the BEST course of action to take in accordance with standard IT operational procedures?
Encrypt the files yourself in order to protect the sensitive data.
Ignore the unencrypted files as it is not part of the task assigned to you.
Move the documents to a more secured location on the network that you think is safe.
Report the discovery of unencrypted personal data immediately to your supervisor or management.
Check if TLS or SSL is enabled before alerting anyone to the issue.