“More Than Half of Booted Workers Steal Data on Way Out, Survey Finds”
Network World (02/23/09) ; Messmer, Ellen
Nearly 60 percent of 945 people who left their jobs in the past 12 months stole sensitive data from their former employers, reveals a new Ponemon Institute survey. The survey found that 67 percent used this data, which was typically contained in emails and hardcopy files, to get a new job. In addition to asking employees how they used the data they stole, the survey also asked them how they managed to get the information out of their company’s offices. The survey found that the theft of company information was typically carried out by simply walking out with paper documents, transferring data onto a CD or portable data storage device, or by sending documents as an attachment to a personal email account. The survey also found that employees often continued to have access to company data even after they quit or were fired. Nearly a quarter of the employees surveyed said they still had access to their former employer’s computer systems after they left. About half of these employees said they still had access between one day and one week after leaving their companies, while 20 percent continued to have access after more than a week.
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