Computer forensics fighting recession-era data thieves

One disquieting side effect of the current economy’s number of redundancies is the increase of insider data theft. IT security experts Espion recently looked at incidents where firms found that ex-employees had stolen intellectual property (IP) and client lists to set up competing products or services.

However, proving that this was the case and stopping this data theft was another issue altogether.

“One of the unfortunate consequences of this tough economic environment is the loss of staff by redundancy. However, another less obvious consequence is the prospect of former staff establishing competing companies,” said Colm Murphy, technical director with Espion.

"Relatively low-level events such as contractual and employment disputes and data theft are very common and, if not handled properly, can cause considerable direct and indirect losses to organisations.”

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Source: siliconrepublic.com
By: Marie Boran