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IT Pros Can't Resist Peeking At Privileged Info

Posted by samzenpus on from the pandora's-email dept.

Orome1 writes "IT security staff will be some of the most informed people at the office Christmas party this year. A full 26 per cent of them admit to using their privileged log in rights to look at confidential information they should not have had access to in the first place. It has proved just too tempting, and maybe just human nature, for them to rifle through redundancy lists, payroll information and other sensitive data including, for example, other people's Christmas bonus details."

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  1. This is why I will never trust cloud services by InsightIn140Bytes · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not limited only to your company - this means employees in other services can snoop all they want too. This is why you should never trust cloud services. Hell, even Google employees are secretly snooping your personal emails, XMPP chat logs, Google Voice calls and search queries. And yet even most Slashdotters think it's perfectly fine to trust everything you have with Google - your search queries, your personal emails, your calls, your contacts, your social network, what you watch on YouTube, what you listen to, where you walk and go (Android) and everything else. Screw the law enforcement requests for info, they can't even keep their own personnel from snooping your personal stuff.

    It's why I will never trust my personal files on the likes of Dropbox and other backup services. People misuse their privileges whenever they can, that's human nature.

    1. Re:This is why I will never trust cloud services by nblender · · Score: 3, Informative

      The guy in the cube next to me made substantially more than me. We did the same job, worked on the same code, similar education, probably equally valued by the company... After the office was closed down by head office, I asked my ex-manager, wtfup with the salary inequity? His response was "You were paid less because Corporate deemed you less of a flight-risk."

      It's not about value, talent, experience, etc. It's about how little can they pay you and still keep you around.

  2. Re:Bad setup by HogGeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    ^This

    The security team should be setting policy and doing audits, not being "the privileged ones"!