The IT Department as Corporate Snoop?

coondoggie writes with a link to a NetworkWorld article about the dangers of IT department snoops. A study released today is likely to exacerbate the trend of failing trust in employees; it shows that one in three IT employees poke through systems and prod at confidential information while on the job. The survey was done by a firm specializing in password security, so some salt might be required for this particular article. "The survey found that more than one-third of IT professionals admit they could still access their company's network once they'd left their current job, with no one to stop them. More than 200 IT professionals participated in the survey with many revealing that although it wasn't corporate policy to allow IT workers to access systems after termination, still almost 25% of respondents knew of another IT staff member who still had access to sensitive networks even though they'd left the company long ago."

Comments

Only 1/3rd?

[Skyshadow]

1/3rd of IT professionals poke through other employee's files? What are the other 2/3rds up to all day long?

Never hire an IT guy who couldn't pass the BOFH test.

Re:Only 1/3rd?

[ajanp]

1/3 of them are simply too busy reading /. to trouble themselves with old files.

The other 1/3... well... when I read their thoughts all that was coming through was "deny, deny, deny."

me!

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been hosting http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/ through my old job. They're going under and the server is falling apart.

Re:me!

[Anon-Admin]

The company I work for has a firewall is your site is blocked. It tells me "This site belongs to the XXXXXXXXXXXX defined Internet category "Tasteless" which has restrictions."

I guess Ill have to look at it when I get home. :)

All the more reason....

[Chabo]

All the more reason to put make sure nobody else is snooping on you before you install your backdoor program!

default passwords

[grassy_knoll]

From TFA:

Eight percent of respondents noted that they still use the manufacturer's default admin password on critical systems.

Some people are blockheads.
News at 11.

Why?

[Hoi Polloi]

The last thing I want to do after spending 8 hours on my company's network is spend my personal time trying to get back onto my company's network.

Thinkgeek knows it too

[Weaselmancer]

They even sell the T-shirt.

Salt for passwords too

[omnirealm]

Not only should the article written by the firm specializing in password security be taken with some salt, but it is also a good idea to add salt to passwords.

Okay, that was a stretch.

Re:Wot no exit procedures?

[turbidostato]

"who will put that security in place?"

Why, indian engineers we get on green cards, of course. After the job is done, we bury them alive within the datacenter.

We already used that trick on our pyramids.

Corporate Snoop? Wearing a tie with cornrows?

[jsolan]

fo shizzle