One In Three IT Workers Access Their Coworker's Information
New York (NY) - One in three IT administrators admit to accessing co-workers’ confidential data, according to a new survey Cyber-Ark. The company interviewed 300 senior IT professionals and administrators and found that many admitted to using administrative passwords to access emails, board minutes and even salary information. Out of the total, 47-percent admitted to access information that wasn’t relevant to their jobs.
The survey also found that only 30-percent of these passwords were changed every quarter and that 9-percent were never changed. This means IT staff that were fired can also access the same information.
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... and dere iz no saying, how mutch tha big software companys iz accesing your data... because there know there software inside out... end then the cloud thing... sorry for my bad Englich i im Latvian...
1 in 3?!?!?!? Only 1 in 3 are truthful to third party surveys?!?!?!?
What's funny about this is if you go to Cyber-Ark's website, you will see that they sell products and services for password protection.
Lack of integrity, in general, always surprises me for some reason; however, in the course of my career i have fired probably twice as many people for accessing data inappropriately as for any other cause.
In some cases, the perp was fully aware that the unauthorized access would (and did) lead directly to prosecution.