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80% of IT Workers Would Steal Data if Fired
Ehtyar:
Nearly 9/10 IT workers of the 3000 interviewed said they would steal sensitive data if their employment was terminated.
A study conducted by security company Cyber-Ark indicates that a significant number of corporate IT personnel snoop sensitive data, and nearly 9 out of 10 would take company secrets and remote access credentials with them if they were fired. This could pose a serious security risk for many companies and expose them to industrial espionage and other dangers.
The results of the Trust, Security and Passwords study are based on a survey of 300 system administrators at the Infosecurity 2008 event in Europe. Of the study respondents, 88 percent admitted they would take sensitive data with them when leaving their current place of employment, and approximately one-third said that they would abscond with company password lists. That could be a serious cause for concern for companies that have complex and loosely secured technological infrastructure.
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Ehtyar.
40hz:
88 percent admitted they would
-Ehtyar (September 02, 2008, 04:57 PM)
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They're not admitting - they're threatening! ;D
You can't 'admit' to doing something you haven't done. ;)
Talk about a self-serving slant in the way the "findings" were presented.
From the article:
While it's worth noting that most studies published by commercial vendors are ultimately intended to drive sales of their products, the Cyber-Ark study highlights an important issue that CTOs and IT managers should think about when cutting IT staff loose.
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So the gist of the survey was that if you hit somebody they'll try to hit you back? Well who could have ever guessed that would happen. 8)
Ehtyar:
Your interpretation is equally slanted. Your analogy implies that the stealing of data is equal to the termination of employment. How exactly is the story self-serving? Will someone use this article as an excuse to fire all their employees?
Ehtyar.
Renegade:
There is a vaccuum for a few products to help manage these kinds of things at the moment. But security is often low on the priority scale, so creating it doesn't mean it would succeed. Only a large company like CA with an established large customer base could manage to make a product to manage passwords effectively into a success.
When I left my last position, the only things I took were some music files I had only on my computer there and a couple files of mine. No passwords or anything. I made password lists and gave them to the person that stepped in though as they would need them.
Josh:
If I were fired from DC, I would take with me all of mouser's credits and his broken air conditioner in hopes of salvaging it. Oh wait, I have been terminated! Mouser, your A/C is mine!
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