Nosy IT staff becomes biggest privacy threat
No one on your company’s IT staff would access confidential information about co-workers without permission, right? Are you sure? One third of IT employees admit to using their access rights to view...
View ArticleSurvey: Fired staffers likely to steal company data
Do you know what the IT pros in your company would do if they lost their jobs? A recent survey asked IT employees that question. The result: 88% would take sensitive company information with them on...
View Article3 legal risks from employees’ camera phones
These days, most cell phones come equipped with built-in cameras. Those devices pose several little-known legal risks when they’re brought into the workplace. Three problems companies have heard...
View ArticleWhich employee’s the biggest tech threat?
Does your company roster include anyone younger than 28? If so, you may have a serious tech security exposure on your hands. “Millennial” workers (anyone who’s 27 or younger) are used to having...
View ArticleIT pros are feeling the stress
Like those in many departments, IT workers are currently doing more work with fewer resources and shrinking budgets. But are they still happy with their jobs? Yes, though the stress seems to be...
View ArticleNew way workers open the door to security threats
Do employees in your company use office computers to download music and video files? If so, they may be putting the organization at serious risk of data theft. Music is often downloaded through...
View ArticleWhy employees put your company data at risk
Your firm may not be the victim of a cyber-attack, but you definitely have employees who are breaking IT policies every day and putting your company’s info at risk. Here are the biggest three reasons...
View ArticleIs this HR data safe at your company?
A recent news story highlights a new place identity thieves are looking for personal information: Companies’ employment Web sites. Sensitive information about 65,000 Aetna employees and job applicants...
View ArticleThird of IT workers snoop confidential info
One of an IT department’s biggest nightmares: staffers using their access privileges for illegal or unethical purposes. That kind of behavior may be more widespread than you think. One in five...
View ArticleWife blows spy’s cover on Facebook
You’d think some people would know better when it comes to keeping sensitive information off the Web. Shelley Sawers, wife of the new head of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6, opened a...
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