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internal threats and breaches ((• Unintentional disclosure of data can,…
internal threats and breaches
Stealing information
• Stealing information can happen by:
• IT systems being compromised
• Incorrect file privileges being given to users
• Information not being destroyed before it is disposed of
• When attackers go through bins to find data it is
known as dumpster diving
• What should companies do with sensitive or
confidential documents?
• Unintentional disclosure of data can
happen when:
• Too much or confidential information is
given to an employee or customer
• Data stored on paper, hard disks or
removable media is left on trains or
in cars
• Computer security or encryption is not
used or sufficient to stop a data
breach occurring
Case study: Corporate spy
• In 2012, Dyson accused a specialist engineer of
industrial espionage
• The engineer, Yong Pang, was alleged to have given
Dyson’s ideas to the German competitor Bosch
• The information was also thought
to be given to Bosch’s
Chinese motor developer
Case Study: Leaking information
• Edward Snowden was a lead technologist for Dell
and the CIA
• In 2012 he downloaded over
1 million documents from the CIA
and the Department of Defence
• Many of these documents revealed
secret government spying programs
• Snowden faces charges of theft of
government property and espionage
