Using technology provided by their employers, some employees admit that they have been able to access data at work they were not authorised to see. That’s findings arisen from an IT asset disposal company. Risk around the security of data held on employers’ systems could leave them exposed to more fraud and data breaches during the coronavirus lockdown, it’s claimed.
As for what employees saw that they should not have had access to, 7pc said it was the salaries of their managers/colleagues; 6pc said private correspondence between their employers and clients; while 4pc have seen personal financial details of clients and/or colleagues. Some 5pc have also seen private photos belonging to someone else, and 3pc have seen health records of third parties.
Harry Benham, Chairman of DSA Connect said: “Our findings suggest many employers have serious lapses in their data security provision, leaving themselves open to various potential data breaches. The cost of these can run into tens of thousands of pounds in the form of fines and lost business. It can also cause huge damage to an organisation’s reputation and brand if news of a data breach becomes known.”
DSA Connect commissioned the market research company Consumer Intelligence to interview 1000 people between April 24 and 27.
About the firm
DSA Connect offers erasure and destruction of electronic data using tools certified by the official CESG and approved by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It sees that data storage media and equipment is removed from a client’s premises and transported to its secure facility in unmarked, tracked vehicles. The company was established in 2011 to partner the Ministry of Defence in developing the MoD’s asset disposal service. The firm also offers recycling and ‘end of life’ IT disposal servcies. Visit https://www.dsa-connect.co.uk.
