According to a recent survey by IS Decisions, 75% of businesses leave themselves open to infosecurity breaches from former employees by not following strict post-employment processes to ensure employees no longer have access to information. FreshBusinessThinking.com has more on the survey.
Now add in the risks of employees who know they will be leaving their jobs and help themselves to your valuable data to help them set up their own business. This week’s case in point is Experian, who has sued a former marketing executive, alleging he stole trade secrets and poached former employees to start his own firm when he learned his position would be eliminated.