As an intern for a major chemical company during college I specialized in Marketing Research. It was that experience that pushed me into IT. Marketing can teach you many things about the "dark side" you do not want to know.
One of these lessons is that the deepest secrets are often intrusted to the lowest-level employees.
The main steward, read janitor, at one place was in charge of the shreading. Twice each week she would collect the documents out of the shredding bin and shred them. After they were shredded, she would take them to the dumpster and discard them. One interesting fact though, the "To Shred Bin" is right next to the copier.
In a matter of seconds she could keep anything she thought might be valuable,and make copies of anything she could sell twice.
The background check her revrealed her husband is in jail for felonly theft. After seven known leaks they kept her on. It was only after several documents were released that the image had the "Shred" stamp on them that a camera was put in place and the leak closed.
Sad, but true, people are cheaper. I have bought interns for the price af a few cases of beer. A good hacker can get cooperation for no cost at all.
You machinery is important, and your software and firewall are very important, your people are even more important.
It is useless to buy a lock for the barn, if you give the key to a dolt!
Good luck!
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As an intern for a major chemical company during college I specialized in Marketing Research. It was that experience that pushed me into IT. Marketing can teach you many things about the "dark side" you do not want to know. One of these lessons is that the deepest secrets are often intrusted to the lowest-level employees. The main steward, read janitor, at one place was in charge of the shreading. Twice each week she would collect the documents out of the shredding bin and shred them. After they were shredded, she would take them to the dumpster and discard them. One interesting fact though, the "To Shred Bin" is right next to the copier. In a matter of seconds she could keep anything she thought might be valuable,and make copies of anything she could sell twice. The background check her revrealed her husband is in jail for felonly theft. After seven known leaks they kept her on. It was only after several documents were released that the image had the "Shred" stamp on them that a camera was put in place and the leak closed. Sad, but true, people are cheaper. I have bought interns for the price af a few cases of beer. A good hacker can get cooperation for no cost at all. You machinery is important, and your software and firewall are very important, your people are even more important. It is useless to buy a lock for the barn, if you give the key to a dolt! Good luck!