A recent national survey found that 59 percent of employees who quit or were laid off or terminated in the last 12 months admitted to stealing company data, and 67 percent admitted to using their former employer’s confidential data to find a new job.
The survey
The survey, sponsored by Symantec (a global leader in providing data security, storage, and systems management), included employees working in corporate information technology, finance and accounting, sales, marketing and communication, and HR. The study found that 53 percent of employees stole data by downloading it to a CD or DVD. Forty-two percent stole data by connecting a thumb drive to a computer, and 38 percent transferred data to a personal e-mail account. Numerous employees also took hard copies of confidential documents. The most commonly stolen types of information were e-mail lists, employee records, and customer information.
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