Exiting Workers More Likely to Steal Data Rather Than Office Supplies
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Workers are more likely to steal data when they leave their place of employment rather than office supplies, according to a new survey.
A poll conducted online of 1,594 full and part-time workers and contractors in the United States and UK found that about one quarter would steal data, such as customer lists, when they changed employment. Close to 30 percent of respondents in the United States said they would while in the UK the number was 23 percent.
Around 15 percent in the United States said they would leave with product plans and designs while the number was slightly higher at 17 percent in the UK. However, only 13 percent in the U.S. and 22 percent in the UK would steal office supplies, according to the survey.
However, less than one percent would steal improperly secured confidential data to sell on the open market. Nevertheless, close to half said they would look into such files if they were found.
“[The survey] highlights what I call a ‘moral grey area’ around ownership of electronic data,” said Jackie Gilbert, vice president of marketing and co-founder of SailPoint, which commissioned the survey. “We see this in the fact that there are more workers who are comfortable taking various forms of company data, such as customer contact information, than workers who would take a stapler.”
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