From JAML $"$It is absolutely vital when developing a formal information security program to have an up$-$to date and regularly updated list of assets as early as possible. We cannot protect the assets that we do not know about. One of the hardest tasks down the road is to go back and retrofit an asset inventory. Once the process of building and deploying systems has begun and the task of maintaining an asset inventory is not included as an integral part, going back to bolt it on later will be detrimental to the security program."

In the passage, the author argues for maintaining an $"$up$-$to$-$date and regularly updated list of assets" as a crucial element of an information security program. Which of the following BEST supports the author's claim by demonstrating the consequences of an inadequate asset inventory?