When our staff is with clients at their business location, there are many occasions when a staff member of the client's business, will be identified arriving at the workplace after hours and rummaging through their colleague's office unlocked drawers & unlocked filing cabinets.
If a computer is left turned on with email programs open, a business colleague or unsupervised contractor can read or copy confidential information and pass that information on to competitors or anyone with a commercial interest.
A few tips that we would like to assure your business is aware of, are to log off computers when unattended and reduce the computer screen saver time to a minimum of 1 minute. On resume password protect the computer to disallow access to confidential computer information through spying at work.
Locating cross shredders to executive office areas is also necessary even if your business is using secure document handling services and a secure document bin.
Many people have access to confidential documentation through secure document handling services, where there are no confidentiality agreements or security in place. Paper recycling factories are one that comes to mind, where confidential documentation is exposed insecurely.
It is good practice to ensure that office drawers and filing cabinets are locked always and a secure key system is in place for those drawers and filing cabinets.
The You Tube video below provides some additional information about Industrial Espionage.
Take a minute to watch the Industrial Espionage video. It will help you to make some further informed business decisions about your businesses risk management.
Lynch Investigations & Countermeasures Pty Ltd TSCM Debugging Investigation Services
PJL 12th July 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
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