88% of IT Admins Would Steal Passwords If Laid Off

narramissic writes "According to identity management firm Cyber-Ark's annual 'Trust, Security & Passwords' survey, a whopping 88% of IT administrators would steal CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company's list of privileged passwords if they were suddenly laid off. The survey also found that one third of IT staff admitted to snooping around the network, looking at highly confidential information, such as salary details and people's personal emails."

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Hmm, my thoughts...

[Drakin020]

I work as an IT Admin, if I was let go or hell even fired, I would like to keep tabs on my network. I might make an account in the background with admin rights so I can see how the new guy did...See if the exchange store is still mounted, check the SAN and so on...

Sorry I might be straying slightly off topic. It's just...being replaced you feel like part of your territory was taken over, and you want to check in on your baby (network) and see how it's doing.