A business will always deal with employee turnover, whether employees leave for a change of scenery, circumstances or even a career change. Unfortunately, a growing trend that police forces across the North West continue to see is cyber attacks on businesses, where disgruntled former employees will attack or remove client/company data when leaving a job.
It's the responsibility of a business to ensure that they have the necessary plans to react to any staff member leaving a business. Does your company know what you'd do if you had to dismiss a staff member for misconduct or due to a cybersecurity breach?
Many businesses will have policies and instructions to; change office locks, take back parking passes, recover work laptops and adjust payroll. But are you forgetting about removing any account access an employee had in your business?
As an employer, you should consider reviewing which employees have access to these accounts and systems annually. Then, remove any employees who have left and terminate access from employees you believe shouldn't have access to these accounts or sensitive company details.
Suppose your business found that an employee had been downloading lists of sales prospects with contact details from your CRM system and then sending these files to a local competitor. What would you do next?
Has your business recently dealt with a Cyber Incident? Do you want to ensure your network is secure after dismissing a staff member?
,Contact us today to discuss any cybersecurity questions relating to former employees or learn more about our ,Network & ,Website Vulnerability Assessment(s). We can ensure your company is not open to cyber attacks from current or former employees.
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