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Nine Ways to Stop Industrial Espionage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-unplug-em dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IT staff are in the unique position that if they are nosy, immoral, greedy or corrupt that can get at what they want within their company at the touch of a button. The corporate crown jewels are usually left open and exposed to the IT guys. So how do you protect your corporate crown jewels from staff that can so easily be bribed to steal them and hand them over to a competitor?" I can't imagine having to be paranoid about employees. That seems to me to be a bigger problem than hardware.

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  1. Keep them happy? by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suggest a steady supply of red Swingline staplers.

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    1. Re:Keep them happy? by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

      and no TPS reports

    2. Re:Keep them happy? by neonprimetime · · Score: 4, Funny

      But from a corporate perspective, Red Swingline staplers are a fire hazard.

    3. Re:Keep them happy? by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

      The response/parent suggested that misbehavior was justified when management does bad things. It's not. And it never will be in a civilized society.

      Of course not. When the Fuhrer tells you to kill Jews, you just do it, right? It doesn't matter that it counts as "bad", "in a civilized society" we obey the alpha male without question.

      Damned straight! Put that goddamned hippy back in his place. I'll bet he takes pencils from work, too...

  2. Easy! by murphyslawyer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suggest a finely crafted nam-shub that will turn them all into jargon-spewing corporate zombies*. That should take care of any free will problems they might have. *Aircraft carrier may be required. Some restrictions apply. Well, I gotta get back to work...ne mi ba se fa no li sa ba fu

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  3. Re:Baby sitters don't work by christopherfinke · · Score: 4, Funny
    I could have typed, or told him to type "cd /; rm -rf *" at any point
    Wouldn't it have been more efficient to have him type "rm -rf /"? If you're using Air Force officers as typists, please don't waste our tax dollars on unnecessary shell commands.