For all the improvements companies have made to their IT security and control systems in the last five years, one menace still looms large these days: that layoffs will wreck the compliance system you’ve carefully crafted.
The most significant threats to a company have always lurked within its own walls. Now, as job security diminishes with each earnings report and layoff announcement, employees are increasingly looking out for number one, says Adam Bosnian, head of sales and strategy for information security software firm Cyber-Ark. In a recent survey of 247 Wall Street workers, Cyber-Ark found that 58 percent would pre-emptively download corporate data if they felt their jobs were at risk; 62 percent saying doing so would be easy.
