http://viewfromthebunker.com/2008/09/02/stealing-data/ A blog about security and availability from some of the folk at Symantec Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:19 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://viewfromthebunker.com/2008/09/02/stealing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Frank Marsh Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:44:05 +0000 http://viewfromthebunker.com/?p=117#comment-1374 Of course it is not just IT staff who act in this way, though they do represent a special issue in that they may have very wide access, or specialist access below the waterline. However any member of staff with access to sensitive information as part of their job has an opportunity to remove information when they leave. In times of a credit crunch staff may feel insecure (whether or not this is well founded) and some may opt to remove commercially sensitive information - they differ from the IT staff in that they often have a much more specific knowledge of what key information might be of value to a future employer, or to release to a competitor out of revenge. They also of course take their own knowledge with them. Of course it is not just IT staff who act in this way, though they do represent a special issue in that they may have very wide access, or specialist access below the waterline. However any member of staff with access to sensitive information as part of their job has an opportunity to remove information when they leave. In times of a credit crunch staff may feel insecure (whether or not this is well founded) and some may opt to remove commercially sensitive information – they differ from the IT staff in that they often have a much more specific knowledge of what key information might be of value to a future employer, or to release to a competitor out of revenge. They also of course take their own knowledge with them.

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