@StaceyE: That's another can of worms, depending on HOW the monitoring is handled. Sometimes once a company gets on a device, it can be difficult to set limits to where it can go.
@smkinoshita.....I think if an employee brings their own device to access the company's network, it would be subject to the same rules/monitoring as it would be if they were using the company's PC. However, if someone is on their smartphone in the breakroom looking at something innapropriate (via their OWN data service) that should be a different story.
Well IMO predicting the future is not that easy right now. You have to analyze carefully. On you point on taking preventive action is a good thing but unfortunately for that even you cant predict at once.
I know one company which hired an SA who failed to indicate he was currently under prosecution and was eventually found guilty of a unlawful access to govt databases. Even after, the company would not take action to remove the individual. Individual was given probation by the court and the company viewed the individual as some form of IT security expert. Access was through use of a subordinate's account. In short, the company saw it as a benefit / leverage over the employee.
Even investigating an employee has limitations and liabilities which the company needs to consider. Generally, they are not trained law enforcement in legal investigative techniques and have extremely limited investigative authority. I believe personal accounts and credentials (whether that is FB, banking, or other social networks) is a personal privacy right. There are free proxy servers which companies can use to block sites or protocols even in the smallest IT environments. Asking their credentials, because the company did not prevent unauthorized access, is lame and as it is "personal" a violation of their legitimate expectation to privacy.
I'm interested by this apparent consensus that password-protected personal data becomes company property if someone logs on using a workplace network. I'm not sure what the courts have said about that; I'd be interested to hear from attorneys.
Does this include banking information, for example? Personal email accounts? Phone directories? What if someone uses their own device, but the company's wireless network? And how does it sit with the notion that employers should not be able to demand passwords - at least in that situation, you know you are handing over the keys.
Agreed that trying to predict whether an employee might turn into a crook is a guesstimate. A company may have a perfect record of employee good behavior; then someone could step out of nowhere to ruin it.
That said, if a company has had a record of criminal employees -- or even of employees who violate the rules repeatedly -- then something is wrong with the hiring process, and it may be possible to estimate the likelihood of insider malfeasance occurring again.
Determining blame during any such investigation will result if time consuming defense actions and expensive fees to lawyers, security analysts, experts and more.
The problem may be just how much "preventive" action should take place before any breach happens? What's the cost benefit ratio and what is the probable odds of such events happening to your company. It's all a crap shoot basically. Predicting the future and guessing how much should be spent on prevention is just a wild guesstimate.
Oh, and don't put anything on the net you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the New York Times, and certainly not during business hours. Big Brother may be busy, but you can bet Little Brother's looking over your shoulder.
Exactly! Monitoring software is very sophisticated these days and can extend to your social media profiles as well. Recording is often covert and can be triggered by certain actions or set to record everything.
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