These are results of the survey that this brand and the Ponemon Institute carried among employees who lost or left a job in 2008. Also, it should be marked that of respondents who admitted to taking company data, 61% reported having an unfavorable view of their former employer.
According to Symantec, the most commonly identified kinds of records taken included e-mail lists, employee records, customer information including contact lists, and non-financial information.
53% of respondents said they downloaded information onto a CD or DVD, 42% - onto a USB drive and 38% sent attachments to a personal e-mail account.
Moreover, the survey revealed that 24% of respondents had access to their employer’s computer system or network after their departure from the company.
“Companies need to implement data loss prevention technologies so they know exactly where sensitive data resides, how it is being used, and prevent it from being copied, downloaded or sent outside the company”, - said Rob Greer, senior director of product management for Data Loss Prevention solutions at Symantec, commenting results of this survey.
This survey was conducted among nearly 1 000 adult participants located in the United States who left an employer within the past 12 months (January, 2009).
source: symantec
