If someone gets access to the housing reporter's systems, that seems a great way to move horizontally or vertically to get access to the other reporter or to the entire organization.

I don't envy your challenge. Security must make it more expensive to the attacker than it's worth. Even the housing reporter's data could be highly valuable; with inside knowledge, someone could make a killing on real estate. The value of the national security beat information is astronomical.

I don't grasp why, with all the news about breaches, reporters still don't care.