PC Data Security Blog

Laid-Off Workers Biggest Data Security Threat

In a recent McAfee study of 800 companies in 8 countries (McAfee-Study) that says businesses risk $1 Trillion in data security losses, 42 percent of companies surveyed said that laid-off employees were the single biggest threat to their data security.  The increase in the availability and power of removable storage, including laptops and USB sticks, has made data loss or theft easier.

Can any company afford to keep this threat window open?  If your company deploys an encryption-only solution, that former employee, who may still be in possession of their computer after their termination, will also have possession of sensitive data for which your company is responsible.  Encryption doesn’t protect you now, since they have the password.

To ensure that your data cannot be accessed, either by a former employee or anyone in possession of the password, you need a solution that will continue to work for you, even after encryption has been neutralized.