7 Habits of Highly Hackable Employees

7 Habits of Highly Hackable Employees

Source: www.entrepreneur.com

Old habits die hard. And as a consequence, trusted employees are putting organizations at risk every day by performing seemingly innocent acts on their computers.

A recent Intermedia report found 93 percent of employees engage in at least one form of poor data security. And 23 percent of respondents admitted they would take data from their company if it would benefit them. Equally alarming is the fact that IT teams, tenured employees and C-level executives all exhibit bad habits and expose organizations to security threats. The CEO of Austrian aerospace parts manufacturer FACC is all too familiar with this scenario. He was fired after a fake CEO email scam cost the company $47 million.

Before investing in new security tools and technology to protect against external threats, companies should place higher priority on identifying and fixing internal risks. Here are a few of the most common employee traits that expose businesses to potential harm.


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