Survey: 88% of IT Staff Would Steal Company/Customer Data If Fired

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08-30-2008, 11:07 AM,

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Survey: 88% of IT Staff Would Steal Company/Customer Data If Fired

Quote: Most IT staff would steal sensitive company information, including CEO's passwords and customer details, if they were laid off, according to a new survey from Cyber-Ark.

A staggering 88 percent of IT administrators admitted they would take corporate secrets, if they were suddenly made redundant. The target information included CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company's list of privileged passwords.

The research also revealed that, of that 88 percent, a third would take the privilege password list to gain access to valuable documents such as financial reports, accounts, salaries and other privileged information...

full article: http://www.itworld.com/security/54579/su...ts-if-laid

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