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05.04.2019

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Sending confidential details from corporate to personal email

A car center employee was caught sending sensitive data from corporate to personal email.


Sending corporate data to a personal email can be promptly prevented if a monitoring system is installed. Every detail from a source, recipient to a purpose can be revealed.


Incident investigation and prevention: Among other things, the message contained personal data of colleagues and clients. In an explanatory letter, she pointed out that she needed information to write the thesis on the topic “The influence of the company management policy on the mood in the team”. And after a couple of days, the risk management department intercepted the letter from which it was clear that the employee was negotiating for employment at a new place – insurance company. The personal database was her winning ticket. The swindler was fired for cause.


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