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Re: Internal Security Breach Costs
From: "Youngquist, Jason R." <jryoungquist () CCIS EDU>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:05:06 -0600
Speaking of internal security breach costs, what methods are people using to try and reduce the threat of an insider or a former employee using confidential information for malicious purposes/monetary gain? Here's a few ideas I have come up with, but I don't know how useful they are as a deterrent. Perform background checks on potential employees * Have a security policy that faculty/staff has to read * Security awareness training * Employee monitoring - ie letting employees know that they can and may be monitored. Also, this list doesn't take into consideration former employees who while employed had access to confidential information and could have a copy of the data stored at their house. Thanks. Jason Youngquist ________________________________ From: Geoff Nathan [mailto:geoffnathan () WAYNE EDU] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:27 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Internal Security Breach Costs In preparation for presenting a data custodianship policy to the powers-that-be here at Wayne I'd like to find a couple of real-life examples of problems caused by employee access to sensitive data (it's easy to find reports of cases of externally hacked files). Could anyone point me to news reports of internal employee misuse of sensitive data at some university? Many thanks, Geoff Nathan Geoffrey S. Nathan <geoffnathan () wayne edu> Security Policy Coordinator, Computing and Information Technology, and Associate Professor of English Linguistics Program Phone Numbers Department of English Computing and Information Technology: (313) 577-1259 Wayne State University Linguistics (English): (313) 577-8621 Detroit, MI, 48202 C&IT Fax: (313) 577-1338
Current thread:
- Internal Security Breach Costs Geoff Nathan (Nov 18)
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- Re: Internal Security Breach Costs George Bailey (Nov 18)
- Re: Internal Security Breach Costs Richard Gambrell (Nov 19)
- Re: Internal Security Breach Costs Youngquist, Jason R. (Nov 21)
- Re: Internal Security Breach Costs William Moore (Nov 21)
- Re: Internal Security Breach Costs Jack Suess (Nov 22)